1958 Edsel Corsair review from North America

Nothing yet for me, but the car had an extensive renovation in 1990-1991, and there aren't many miles on the car since then. I'm going to have to replace some of the original wiring - the insulation is so old it's cracked, and short circuits happen in damp weather. I was told the push-button transmission was problematic, but it works fine for me.

The engine is strong, and is so quiet I ground the starter once by accident thinking the car wasn't running.

Ford actually would have had a winner with their new line of cars if the styling hadn't been so weird. The '58 is schizophrenic... the front motif is vertical (especially that hideous grille), while the rear motif is horizontal. By the time the '59 came out - much cleaner design - the ridicule was too much to recover from.

Ignore the styling (somehow) and mechanically the car is very well put together. This car is 47 years old and is solid and quiet, even at 80 mph.