Edsel Bermuda

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Bermuda
Production period: 1957-1958
Class : upper middle class
Body versions : Station wagon
Engines: Otto engine :
5.9 liters (223 kW)
Length: 5217 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase :
Empty weight : 1748 kg

The Edsel Bermuda was a station wagon that was manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn (Michigan) under the brand name Edsel only in the 1958 model year. Like its sister models Roundup and Villager , the Bermuda was built on the chassis of the Ford station wagon with a 2,946 mm wheelbase. Most of the body parts came from these models.

The Bermuda was the most luxurious trim level of the Edsel station wagon and was only available in the first year of Edsel production. In addition to the luxurious interior, the Bermuda had imitation wood in the interior, a hallmark of the luxurious station wagons of the Ford group. There was the Bermuda with 6 and 9 seats. To distinguish it from its Ford sister models, the Bermuda had the typical Edsel front with the narrow oval radiator grille and the unique boomerang-shaped rear lights. The special shape of the rear lights caused the problem that the left direction indicator appeared from a distance as an arrow pointing to the right and vice versa.

All vans have as standard the engine of the Ranger , a V8 with 5,916 cc displacement and an output of 303 bhp (226 kW) at 4,600 min -1 , as well as a manually-shifting three-speed transmission. On request, customers could also get a three-stage automatic with a selector lever on the steering column, or the Teletouch automatic transmission with control buttons in the steering wheel hub, which was particularly advertised for the Edsel models .

Although the Bermuda was presented with a lot of advertising in the fall of 1957, its sales figures were disappointing: In total, only 1,456 six-seater and 779 nine-seater copies were built. This makes the Bermuda nine-seater the rarest model in the 1958 range. The six-seater was US $ 3,155 and the nine-seater was US $ 3,212 (about US $ 29,122 adjusted for inflation today).

In the 1959 model year, the Bermuda and Roundup models were discontinued and only the Villager was offered as a station wagon. The vulnerable Teletouch automatic function also disappeared .

Web links

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  • Bonsall, Thomas E .: Disaster in Dearborn: The Story of the Edsel , Stamford University Press (2002), ISBN 0-8047-4654-0
  • Duetsch, Jan: The Edsel and Corporate Responsibility , Yale University (1976), ISBN 0-300-01950-5
  • Gunnell, John (Ed.): The Standard Catalog of American Cars 1946-1975 , Krause Publications, Iola (1987), ISBN 0-87341-096-3
  • Heasley, Jerry: The Production Figure Book For US Cars , Motorbooks International (1977), ISBN 0-87938-042-X