Ford motor company, american automotive corporation cofounded in 1903 by henry ford. Ford motor company and subsidiaries financial statements. Innovation of quality galvin electricity initiative. For ford, the commitment to create a better world is as strong as ever before. Report of independent registered public accounting firm. Henry ford insisted that the companys future lay in the production of affordable cars for a mass market. Since 1903, ford motor company has put the world on wheels. Primer auto fabricado en serie ford a ford t historia. When the other car companies saw the vast profits that ford was making on his gasoline. They also manufactured the only car jim morrison ever owned a 1967 shelby gt 500. Ford created a quadricycle in 1896, which was a fourwheeled bicycle run by a motor. The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live. The ford motor company is an american automaker and the worlds fifth largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales. By selling 15 million model ts, ford motor company became a giant company which spanned.
Ford motor company official global corporate homepage. He launched his second car manufacturing operation, ford motor company, in 1903. Archived from the original pdf on february 22, 2017. The company later lost its market dominance but had a. Based in dearborn, michigan, a suburb of detroit, the automaker was founded by henry ford, on june 16, 1903. Primer auto fabricado en serie ford a ford t historia cadena montaje. This company is named after its founder, henry ford.
Henry ford established the ford motor company in 1903, and five years later the company rolled out the first model t. Fords first project for the new company was the twocylinder model a, which first sold in 1903 and could travel at a speed of 30 miles per hour at 8 horsepower. A history of ford motor company how henry ford started. One of the worlds largest automakers, it manufactures passenger cars, trucks, and tractors as well as automotive parts and accessories. In 1903, the company began using the first 19 letters of the alphabet to name new cars. Ford motor company would go on to become one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world, as well as being one of the few to survive the great depression.
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