Friday, 29 July 2011

History of Ford Company

The history of Ford Motor Company;

Ford Motor Company is one of the largest automakers over the years. They started by Henry Ford in Detroit, Michigan. Ford had a talent for business when he built an experimental car in 1896. It was a twin engine with a potential of 20 mph. In 1899 he quit his job to organize the Detroit Automobile Company. Ford's first production in 1903, the Model A, with an engine under the floor sells for $ 850. In the first season has sold 1708 cars.

After Ford became increasingly interested in speed. He built a race car called the 999 trial, which was 91.4 mph in 1904. He also produces a model of C, the same year, at a later stage using the Model B $ 2000. These models were improved in 1905, the Model D which sold for $ 2,500 In 1906 Ford introduced the Model N $ 500 to destroy the Oldsmobile business, while only leading to the introduction of the famous Model T in 1909.

The Model T or Tin Lizzie, has become extremely popular for the next 18 years due to its $ 850 price, fuel, engine size and speed around 40 mph. More than 15 million cars were made by Ford between 1908 and 1927. He became the all-American car. Production has increased rapidly in recent years while recalling his first million vehicles in 1922. Like Ford, which continued to occur widely in Britain, France and Germany. Ford car company has become a strong, but you need to change because they realized their only color was black. In 1927, the Model T left the market leader of new cars and create very innovative.

Model A has become popular in the car coming, but caused a transition period of three months, while production has occurred. The price of the Model A was $ 450, while 4.5 million were sold in the next four years. The car was also sold in a break with a change of style and form. In 1932, a 3.6-liter V8 car was mass produced for $ 460 to create a large demand for Ford cars. Many cars have been introduced in recent years with new styles. Model B and both have been sold with more powerful engines and greater amount of horsepower. As the hydraulic brakes, changing the column, and the suspensions have been introduced to enhance the benefits of the company.

After World War II halted production until early 1949 online. At this point, the power units are new with the automatic transmission in 1950. Big cars were manufactured in the years to come. The sporty Ford Thunderbird was introduced with the 5.1 liter and capacities of 113 mph. In 1958 he was a cab with five seats and a reinforced structure. Major restyling took place in the late 1950s with cars like the Falcon, a compact car, with the help of General Motors and Chrysler.

1960, competition intensified and Ford had to be innovative to remain one of the leading manufacturers. They put their minds together to create the Ford Mustang in 1964, a compact four-seater GT seeds, for $ 2,480. The car was the 4.7 liter V8 engine with a maximum of over 110 mph. The car was a great success and remained so until today sells more than 500,000 in the first year and a half on the market.

In the coming years, Ford has realized its potential. They created some great cars like the Thunderbird, the Model T, the Fair Laine, Galaxie, Falcon and Mustang. They also increased their production by far in the 1980's and continues to offer all-wheel drive pick-ups and off-road vehicles like the Bronco, Jeep, F-Series and Ranger. They became increasingly aware of the need for change, such as color, convertible, hardtop, and the number of ports. Increased production, innovative styles, low prices and customer satisfaction, Ford Motor Company has become the world leader in the production of cars.

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