Edsel -- Washington Street Boston (MA) October 2011 : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Edsel -- Washington Street Boston (MA) October 2011 / Ron Cogswell
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Edsel was an automobile manufactured by the Ford Motor Company during the 1958, 1959, and 1960 model years. The Edsel never gained popularity with contemporary American car buyers and sold poorly. Consequently, the Ford Motor Company lost millions of dollars on the Edsel's development, manufacture, and marketing. The name "Edsel" has since become synonymous with failure.Ford announced the end of the Edsel program on November 19, 1959. However, production continued until late in November, with the final tally at 2,846 1960 models. Total sales were approximately 84,000, less than half the company's projected break-even point. The company lost $350 million ($2.45 billion in current values) on the venture.Only 118,287 Edsels were built, including 7,440 produced in Ontario, Canada. Historians have advanced several theories in an effort to explain the Edsel's failure. Popular culture often faults the car’s styling. Consumer Reports has alleged that poor workmanship was the Edsel's chief problem. Marketing experts hold the Edsel up as a supreme example of the corporate culture’s failure to understand American consumers. Business analysts cite the weak internal support for the product inside Ford’s executive offices. According to author and Edsel scholar Jan Deutsch, the Edsel was "the wrong car at the wrong time".Image by Ron Cogswell on Sunday October 9, 2011, on Washington Street in downtown Boston (MA), using a Nikon D80 and minor Photoshop effects.DSC_0196 |
| 撮影日 | 2011-10-09 08:39:03 |
| 撮影者 | Ron Cogswell , Arlington, Virginia, USA |
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| 撮影地 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States 地図 |