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Henry Ford built the first automobile while working as an engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit
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Ford designed the 26-horsepower Sweepstakes and defeats Alexander Winston's 70-horsepower Bullet.
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With 12 investors and 1,000 shares had almost spent all of their money but October 1, the company had turned over $37,000
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Childe Harold Wills designed the Ford logo.
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Ford's innovation eventually reduced the model T chassis assembly line from 12.5 to 1.5 hours
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The Ford model TT was a truck based on the model T car
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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
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Ford purchased the Lincoln Motor Company from Henry Leland
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Ford's new plane was nicknamed the Goose. The Goose was one of the first airplanes
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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.
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The vehicles were nicknamed for the GP or general purpose designation
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The son of Edsel and the grandson of Henry Ford, Henry Ford ll, served as president from 1945 to 1960
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The 1949 Ford was the first all-new American car designed after WW2
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The T-bird emphasized comfort and convenience over sportiness
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At the time, Ford's initial public offering (IPO) of common stock shares was the largest IPO in history
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Introduced as a recession was beginning in the United States, the Edsel was the wrong car for the wrong time
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The Mustang came to define the pony car
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Ford Germany and Ford U.K. collaborate to release the Transit in Europe
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For introduces three-point, self-adjusting and retracting front outboard land and shoulder belts
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The subcompact hatchback became the company's first internationally successful front-wheel drive model
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The smaller platform debuted in response to the rising oil prices
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Caldwell was the first non-Ford family member to become chairman and CEO of Ford
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The Taurus aerodynamic "jellybean' body style broken tradition with the boxy sedan shape
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The modular assembly line made use of automated ancillary assembly line
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In doing so, Ford helped launch the domestic SUV market.
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The changes helped the company return its focus to its core operation
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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
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The mid-engine, 550 horsepower Ford GT was inspired by the legendary GT40 race car that dominated the 24 hours of Le Mans
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Under Alan, Ford didn't just weather the financial crisis of 2008 as the only American auto manufacture to avoid receiving government bailout loan
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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
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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.
