Edsel Bryant Ford (* 6 November 1893 in Detroit; "† 26. May 1943) Son of Henry Ford, Vater von Henry Ford II, was a president Ford engine company from 1919 to 1943.

To take over as an only child of Ford Edsel in the sense educated the exempt private company and buildup with the development of cars. It became 1915 secretary of its father.

The young Edsel showed more interests in fashionable Design of the cars than its father. With the purchase of the automark Lincoln in the year 1922 it brought this gift into the enterprise. Its favour at sporty cars showed up in its private cars: Edsel bought the first mg vehicle, which was imported into the USA. In the year 1932 it possessed a Speedster with V-8 engine, which had been developed particularly for it.

After he had become a president of Ford, he represented for a long time the view that a more modern automobile was to replace "the T-model ", but it in this thing repeated by his father was outvoted. Sinking paragraphs and a shrinking market share of the company made finally the introduction of a new model inevitable.

During the development phase "of the A-model "Henry Ford guaranteed the mechanical quality and reliability and left to its son a sketching of the vehicle Design. This completed Edsel with the assistance of the Hungarian designer Jozsef Galamb. It affected also its father to permit the introduction from hydraulic brakes and gears to. The developed A-model was a commercial success. It over four million time sold during the four years old production time.

As a president Edsel did not agree often with central decisions with its father. It created it nevertheless to implement some durable changes. Edsel Ford created the Mercury mark and strengthened overseas production Ford engine company substantially.

Probably a certain frustration that he was a president one of the largest enterprises of the world, but in this position hardly influence on decisions of the enterprise had, was also to the fact debt that Edsel Ford got ulcers. These became finally malicious and were no more to be operated, so that it died at stomach cancer.

After its death at the age of 49 years all non-voting shares Edsel Ford were donated by an order in its will Ford Foundation, which it had created with its father seven years in former times.

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