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Henry Ford built first Ford Truck
Henry Ford built the first automobile while working as an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit -
Henry Ford defeats top race car driver of the era
Ford designed the 26-horsepower Sweepstakes and defeats Alexander Winston's 70-horsepower Bullet. -
Ford Motor Company Incorporated
With 12 investors and 1,000 shares had almost spent all of their money but October 1, the company had turned over $37,000 -
Ford introduces the scripted typeface of its trademark
Childe Harold Wills designed the Ford logo. -
Ford introduces the integrated moving assembly line to auto production
Ford's innovation eventually reduced the model T chassis assembly line from 12.5 to 1.5 hours -
Ford Motor Company Produces its first ever truck
The Ford model TT was a truck based on the model T car -
Edsel Ford succeeds Henry Ford as President of the company
On the same day, Henry Ford put a plan in place to buy out his investors and make Clara and Edsel the sole owners of the company -
Ford Purchased the Lincoln Motor Company
Ford purchased the Lincoln Motor Company from Henry Leland -
Ford begins production of Ford TR-Motor airplanes
Ford's new plane was nicknamed the Goose. The Goose was one of the first airplanes -
Ford begins selling the Lincoln Zephyr line
Much like the Mercury brand, the Lincoln Zephyr was designed to sell at a price point between the Ford V8 Luxe and the high end luxury cars sold by Lincoln. -
For begins selling jeeps for the military
The vehicles were nicknamed for the GP or general purpose designation -
Henry Ford ll becomes president of Ford Motor Company
The son of Edsel and the grandson of Henry Ford, Henry Ford ll, served as president from 1945 to 1960 -
Ford Introduces the 1949 Ford
The 1949 Ford was the first all-new American car designed after WW2 -
Ford introduces the Thunderbird
The T-bird emphasized comfort and convenience over sportiness -
Ford becomes a publicly traded company
At the time, Ford's initial public offering (IPO) of common stock shares was the largest IPO in history -
Ford introduces the Edsel
Introduced as a recession was beginning in the United States, the Edsel was the wrong car for the wrong time -
The Ford Mustang goes on sale
The Mustang came to define the pony car -
Ford Germany and U.K.
Ford Germany and Ford U.K. collaborate to release the Transit in Europe -
Ford introduces
For introduces three-point, self-adjusting and retracting front outboard land and shoulder belts -
Ford of Europe introduces the Ford Flesta
The subcompact hatchback became the company's first internationally successful front-wheel drive model -
Ford introduces the downsized Panther platform
The smaller platform debuted in response to the rising oil prices -
Phillip Caldwell
Caldwell was the first non-Ford family member to become chairman and CEO of Ford -
Ford revolutionizes automotive design with the Taurus
The Taurus aerodynamic "jellybean' body style broken tradition with the boxy sedan shape -
Ford introduces the modular assembly line at it St. Louis assembly plant
The modular assembly line made use of automated ancillary assembly line -
Ford introduces the explorer
In doing so, Ford helped launch the domestic SUV market. -
Ford's board of directors names Bill Ford to replace Jacques Nasser as CEO
The changes helped the company return its focus to its core operation -
Ford celebrates 100th anniversary
To commemorate the centennial of the company that put the world on wheels, Ford offered limited production centennial editions of five of the vehicles in its lineup at the time -
Ford introduces the GT as its premium sports car
The mid-engine, 550 horsepower Ford GT was inspired by the legendary GT40 race car that dominated the 24 hours of Le Mans -
Alan Mullaly becomes Ford's President and CEO
Under Alan, Ford didn't just weather the financial crisis of 2008 as the only American auto manufacture to avoid receiving government bailout loan -
Ford introduces the 13th generation, 2015 F-150
A radical break with industry conventions, the new design uses an all-aluminum body to cut as much as 750 pounds from the truck's weight -
Ford Smart Mobility
With a focus on changing the way the world moves, Ford Smart Mobility takes the company to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, and customer service.
