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List of miscellaneous commercial failures
A '''flop'''  or '''product failure''' is a [[product (business)|product]] that doesn't reach expectations of success, failing to come even close. A major flop goes one step further and is recognized for its almost complete lack of success.

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A separate discussion of [[list of movies that have been considered the worst ever|movie flops]] provides examples and rationales.

==Commercial Flops==
===Aviation Flops===

These are aircraft which were technically sound, but failed in the marketplace.  For aircraft which failed to work at all see 
'[[Flops in science and engineering']].

* The [[Convair]] [[Convair 880|CV-880]] and [[Convair 990|CV-990]] - these aircraft were commercial disasters as they only offered five-abreast seating, and were easily outcompeted on price by the [[Boeing 720]] which was based on an existing aircraft type.
* [[Supersonic transport]]s: [[Boeing 2707]], [[Tupolev Tu-144]], arguably [[Concorde]]
* The [[Dassault Aviation]] [[Dassault Mercure|Mercure]] - this aircraft had extremely limited range and as a result only ten were built for the [[France|French]] domestic airline [[Air Inter]]
* The [[Northrop]] [[F-20 Tigershark]] - this [[fighter aircraft]] was designed as a private venture for export, but failed utterly as foreign air forces wanted the more prestigious [[F-16 Fighting Falcon]] used by the [[USAF]], despite the F-20 having superior performance and lower cost.
* The [[Brewster Buffalo]] - this [[World War II]] [[fighter aircraft]] turned out to be no match for [[Axis Powers|Axis]] fighters
* The [[Bristol Brabazon]] [[airliner]] - overweight, underpowered and prone to [[metal fatigue]]
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===Automotive Flops===

*[[Ford Motor Company]]'s [[Edsel]]
*[[DeLorean]] automobile
*[[Electric vehicle|Electric cars]] - [[Ford Motor Company]] and [[General Motors]], who only had lukewarm interest in the technology, have dropped production of their [[electric vehicle|electric car]] models.
*[[Sinclair C5]] - a battery powered car designed by Sir [[Clive Sinclair]]
* The [[Bricklin SV-1]]
(contracted; show full)*The [[UK Labour Party|Labour Party]]'s performance at the [[1983 UK general election|1983 general election]], led by [[Michael Foot]].

==See also==

* [[product management]]
* [[management]]
* [[new product development]]
* [[product (business)|product]]