From Wickedpedia:
"A lemon is a defective car that, when purchased new or used, is found by
the purchaser to have numerous or severe defects not readily apparent
before
the purchase. Any vehicle with these issues can be termed a 'lemon,' and,
by
extension, any product which has major flaws that render it unfit for its
purpose can be described as a 'lemon.'"
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The Edsel was indeed not a lemon, and it really wasn't that ugly. Most
American cars made 1958 and 1959 were pretty gaudy.
I've seen 2 books about lemons and both of them blur the difference
between
what is a bad car and what is an unsuccessful car. Some cars listed as
lemons were neither bad nor unsuccessful.
I hope the people that write these books don't actually make a living
spreading this misinformation.
Ken D.
"Robin Banks" wrote:
> The Edsel was not a "lemon". It was a line unwanted by then chairman of
> Ford
> Robert Mcnamara, who did everything he could to stop it before it was
even
> called "Edsel", and everything he could afterwards, finally succeeding
in
> Nov
> 1959. Being released during a recession in the USA didn't help either.
>
> It had a very successful introduction despite his meddling, hardly a
> lemon.
>
> --
> ~~R.Banks
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