Edsel Pacer

The Edsel Pacer was an automobile of the upper middle class, the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn (Michigan) produced only in model year 1958 under the brand name Edsel. As the Ranger was the Pacer on the shorter Edsel platform, these models shared with the Ford Fairlane.

Pacer was one of two Edsel model names that were later used by other car manufacturers; the other was Citation.

The Pacer was the equipment a step above the base model Ranger. He had additionally contoured seat back, nylon seat covers and color-coordinated floor mats, as well as stainless-steel trim inside and out and the window frame. The vehicles were equipped with a room heater; the air conditioning was charge-requiring extra.

Had all Pacer, as well as the Ranger, a chassis with 2997 mm wheelbase and a V8 engine with 5915 cc, an output of 303 bhp of the (223 kW) at 4600 rpm gave. The car was equipped with a manual three-speed transmission. However, the buyers could also opt for a three-stage automatic transmission with shift lever on the steering column. Another possibility was the heavily advertised, but quite trouble- prone Teletouch automatic, operated with selector keys in the steering wheel hub.

Although the idea of the car was operated in the fall of 1957 with a lot of advertising expenses, disappointing sales figures. A total of 20,988 Pacer were in the U.S. and Canada shipped, 1876 convertibles (all made ​​in the USA ), 7141 4-door sedans ( 6083 in the U.S., 1058 in Canada ), 6717 2- door hardtop coupe ( 6139 from the U.S. and 578 from Canada) and 5254 4- door hardtop sedans ( 4959 from the U.S. and 295 from Canada). The selling prices were between 2700 - U.S. $ 2993 and, - U.S. $.

In model year 1959 was allowed to expire the Pacer, although in 1958 he sold most of all Edsel models; also disappeared the top model and the Citation was only introduced in the fall of 1958, Teletouch automatic transmission.