Editing Edsel (section)

===1959===
[[File:59 Edsel Villager (9129538161).jpg|thumb|A 1959 Edsel Villager]]
For the 1959 model year, Ford revised the market position of Edsel, slotting it between Ford and Mercury.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1959 Edsel Extra News Folder|url=http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Edsel/1959_Edsel/1959%20Edsel%20Extra%20News%20Folder/image1.html|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.oldcarbrochures.com}}</ref>  To reflect the marketing change, the Mercury-based Citation was withdrawn and the Corsair became a higher-trim version of the Ranger. The Pacer was also discontinued. The station wagon line was pared down to the Villager wagon, dropping the two-door Roundup and wood-trim Bermuda. While all Edsel sedans used a Ford body, their wheelbase was {{convert|120|in|cm|adj=on}}, 2 inches longer.

In response to the widely negative response to 1958 Edsel exteriors, the exterior of 1959 Edsels underwent a restyling to tone down its appearance.  While the vertical center grille made its return, following heavy revision, a redesign of the hoodline integrated the headlamps into a full-width outer grille, visually lowering the hoodline. A similar revision of the rear fascia repositioned the taillamps.  Being based on the 1959 Ford, Edsels received the same roof design as the Fairlanes. Although Ford got a new luxury series of cars mid year, the Galaxie, Edsel never got an equivalent series, further eroding its appeal as a medium price automobile.

The 1959 Edsel interior dropped several features to increase its commonality with Ford.  The push-button [[Teletouch]] transmission controls were withdrawn, alongside the rotating-dome speedometer, as Edsel introduced a slightly restyled version of the Ford Fairlane 500 dashboard. The optional climate control and fully padded dashboard returned.<ref name="oldcarbrochures.com">{{Cite web|title=Directory Index: Edsel/1959_Edsel/1959_Edsel_Prestige_Brochure|url=http://www.oldcarbrochures.com/static/NA/Edsel/1959_Edsel/1959_Edsel_Prestige_Brochure/1959%20Edsel%20Prestige-09-10.html|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.oldcarbrochures.com}}</ref>  Alongside the use of distinct interior trim from Ford, Edsel had a 70/30 split-bench seatback for Corsairs.<ref name="oldcarbrochures.com" /> In 1967, Ford returned the split-bench seatback on the [[Ford LTD (Americas)|Ford LTD]], continuing it into the 2010s on its full-size cars.

In 1959, Edsel sold 44,891 vehicles in the United States. 2,505 vehicles were sold in Canada.