The Edsel Bermuda is a station wagon that was produced and sold by

Edsel Edsel is a discontinued division and brand of automobiles that was marketed by the Ford Motor Company from the 1958 to the 1960 model years. Deriving its name from Edsel Ford, son of company founder Henry Ford, Edsels were developed in an effor ...

in 1958. Like the

Edsel Villager The Edsel Villager is a station wagon that was produced and sold by Edsel from 1958 to 1960. Like the two-door Roundup and premium Bermuda station wagons, the Villager was initially built on a 116 in wheelbase shared with Ford's station wagons, a ...

and

Edsel Roundup The Edsel Roundup is a station wagon that was produced and sold by Edsel in 1958. Like the Edsel Villager, Villager and Edsel Bermuda, Bermuda station wagons, the Roundup was built on a wheelbase shared with Ford Motor Company, Ford's station wag ...

station wagons, the Bermuda was built on a wheelbase shared with Ford's station wagons, as well as core body stampings.

Overview

The Bermuda represented the highest trim level available within the Edsel brand for a station wagon, and was only available during Edsel's introductory year of 1958. In addition to deluxe interior appointments, the Bermuda also was outfitted with simulated wood panels and frames, a hallmark of premium station wagon models produced by

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and Mercury. The Bermuda came in six and nine-passenger configurations. To separate the Bermuda from Ford models, the Bermuda received Edsel's front fascia and vertical grille assembly as well as unique boomerang-shaped taillights. The shape of the taillights posed a problem when used as turn indicators – the left hand taillight appeared as an arrow pointing right and ''vice versa'' from a distance. 1958 Edsel Bermuda pic-003

All station wagons shared the Edsel Ranger's engine availability with a V8 as standard, as was a three-speed

manual transmission A manual transmission (MT), also known as manual gearbox, standard transmission (in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States), or stick shift (in the United States), is a multi-speed motor vehicle transmission system, where gear change ...

. Buyers also had the option of a three-speed

automatic transmission An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated to auto or AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in internal combustion engine-based motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving ...

with a standard column-mounted gear selector, or could choose Edsel's highly promoted but trouble-prone

Teletouch Teletouch is the trade name for the transmission controls found on many Edsel brand automobiles manufactured by the Edsel and Mercury-Edsel-Lincoln (M-E-L) Divisions of the Ford Motor Company. The significance of the Teletouch systems lies in its ...

automatic, which placed its drive-selection buttons in a stationary steering wheel hub that the steering wheel rotated around. While their roll-out was highly publicized in the fall of 1957, Edsels were a marketing disaster for Ford. Total Bermuda station wagon was 2,235 units, of which 1,456 were six-passenger models with a base price of $3,155 ($ in dollars ) and 779 were nine-passenger versions priced at $3,212 ($ in dollars ). This made the nine-passenger Bermuda the rarest 1958 Edsel model. For the 1959 model year, the Bermuda and Roundup station wagons were dropped (as was the trouble prone

system), leaving only the Villager as Edsel's sole station wagon model.

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External links

Edsel Spotters Guide

Edsel.com
History, specifications, resources for owners.
Smith Motor Company
Virtual Edsel Dealer
The International Edsel Club

Edsel.US
Restorer's discussion group {{Edsel Timeline

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Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Station wagons Cars introduced in 1958