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14 Defunct Car Brands, And How They Failed

TedTed
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FYI: Automobile enthusiasts around the world know brands like Studebaker, Plymouth and Packard, but you’d be hard-pressed to find any of these on the roads today. Former powerhouses in the American auto market – they have since become beloved by collectors, but lost to the general public.

Today’s infographic comes from TitleMax and it looks at 14 now-defunct car brands and the circumstances that took them from highways to bygones.
Regards,
Ted
http://www.visualcapitalist.com/14-defunct-car-brands-failed/

Comments

  • BrianW
    Great article.
  • hank
    edited July 2017
    My parents owned a '60 Edsel when I first learned to drive. Really nice big car with auto-tranny and big V8. Drag-raced it once but got beaten by a classmate's souped-up '52 Ford. (Never told my Pa about it).

    In the George C. Scott classic The Flim Flam Man Scott's disreputable character drives an Edsel. Great movie if you can get it. Outrageous funny.

    PS: If you're not familiar with the Edsel, it was essentially a Mercury with a different grill and styling. In those years, Mercury was a nice upscale version of the standard Ford. Probably weighed a bit more (adding to ride) and certainly had nicer features.
  • AndyJ
    edited July 2017
    hank said:

    In the George C. Scott classic The Flim Flam Man Scott's disreputable character drives an Edsel. Great movie if you can get it. Outrageous funny.

    Disreputable? He was running a highly successful education service, Hank! Great film - accidentally caught it on a movie channel a few weeks back.
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