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RSSFord: The Car Maker
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The largest automobile company, Ford, was founded Henry Ford. Presently, it holds the third position in car making. Even though, While Henry Ford has been building motor vehicles before this, 1903 is the year when he, supported by twelve investors, established the famous company.
The primary models from Ford were named chronologically with letters. The model A was launched in 1903. In 1904 Ford brought out the world famous T Model that later
became a symbol of the American motorcar industry. In 1907 Ford made Blue Oval Trademark. Henry Ford was successful in bringing out a series of fascinating models by the early 1910’s, when he expanded overseas, with production facilities in France, Denmark and Germany, England and Austria.
By the year 1914, the time when First World War started, Ford was producing half of the cars being sold in the US and almost half of all cars being produced in England. In the war time, Ford got involved in manufacturing cars for the military. In 1922, Ford acquired Lincoln Motor Company aiming the expansion of its market share as Ford wanted to enter the luxurious car market. By the year 1941, Ford owned the largest assembly plant in the world and during the World War II, it produced not only standard military vehicles, but also B-24 Liberator bombers and tanks. By the time of his death in 1947, Ford was a reputed world carmaker.
In the post WWII period, Ford developed and evolved very fast, bringing out famous models in the 1950s and the 1960s, such as the Thunderbird (1955), the F-1 truck (1948) and the Mustang (1964). Ford also continued implementing the latest technologies in their cars thus becoming one of the most important carmakers in the world during the Cold War. In 1987 Ford bought Aston Martin and in 1989 Ford acquired Jaguar, in 1999 acquired Volvo and Land Rover in 2000. In 2003 Ford Motor Company celebrated its 100th birthday. But the recent financial debacle has severely affected Ford, and has made it to give out some brands.
