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* The ''guaranteed big seller'' Ford Edsel.

* The ''New'' Coke. Let's radically change the recipe for our flagship soft drink, keep the same name, and take the old one off the shelves. Now, according to [[The Other Wiki]], Coke did do their best to prepare for it, and it actually was well-liked. The real problem was a subtler one of a [[Vocal Minority]] gradually convincing people it was bad. If true, that speaks volumes.

** This almost gets into [[Idiot Hero]] territory, since the crazed backlash against New Coke put Coke Classic back on top of the sales charts. Some people think that was their [[Conspiracy ~~Theory~~|plan all along.]] Another, less [[Gambit Roulette|roule]][[Buffy-Speak|tty]] theory is that they did this to switch from sugar to far cheaper and far less healthy high fructose corn syrup; a change they retained, and still do, with Coca Cola Classic.<ref>No, most of the traditionalists that so loudly protested New Coke didn't notice this.</ref>

** This almost gets into [[Idiot Hero]] territory, since the crazed backlash against New Coke put Coke Classic back on top of the sales charts. Some people think that was their [[Conspiracy Theories|plan all along.]] Another, less [[Gambit Roulette|roule]][[Buffy-Speak|tty]] theory is that they did this to switch from sugar to far cheaper and far less healthy high fructose corn syrup; a change they retained, and still do, with Coca Cola Classic.<ref>No, most of the traditionalists that so loudly protested New Coke didn't notice this.</ref>

** More recently, Coca-Cola's done it again: Let's release a holiday version of Coke Classic in white cans (the color of Diet Coke cans) and hope nobody gets confused. It didn't go over well, and Coca-Cola has [http://www.delish.com/food/recalls-reviews/white-holiday-coke-cans-replaced-due-to-consumer-outrage since released the holiday version in red.]

** Perhaps A slightly more subdued example, Coke switched from an easy-to-grip ridged cap to one that is themed as a bottle cap, but completely smooth. [[Two Stupid Dogs|Cute, but wrong.]] They have since adopted some sort of hybrid