Ford was founded on June 16th 1903 by Henry Ford. They currently employee over 80,000 people in the United States and over 200,000 globally. They are headquartered in Detroit Michigan (well, technically Dearborn which is a suburb of Detroit).

The company is still run by the Ford family and has revenue of over 110 billion dollars anually.

They are the second largest automaker in the United States (behind GM) and Fourth globally. They are also the 7th highest ranked company on the Fortune 500 list.

The Model T produced by Ford was one of the most successful cars ever made. Ford wanted to create a car that was affordable for his own employees and achieved this by mass production and moving assembly lines which allowed the cars to be produced for a fraction of the price.


Above is a Ford Model T from 1910.

Despite all their success, like many other American car companies, their sales have dropped significantly over the last decade. (From 4 million in 1999 to 1.6 million in 2009)

Cars manufactured by Ford:
Aerostar, Anglia, Aspire, Bronco II, Bronco, Capri, Club Wagon, Cobra, Contour, Cortina, Cougar, Country Squire, Crown Victoria, Curier, Custom, Cutaway, E-150, E-250, E-350, E-450, Econoline, Econovan, Edge, Elite, Escape Hybrid, Escape, Escort, Excursion, EXP, Expedition, Explorer Sport Trac, Explorer, F-100, F-150, F-250, F-350, F-450, F-550, F-650, F-750, Fairlane, Fairmont, Falcon, Festiva, Fiesta, Five Hundred, Focus, Forte, Freestar, Freestyle, Fusion, Futura XR, Galaxie, Gran Torino, Granada, Grand Marquis, GT40, GT, Ka, Laser, Lightning, LTD, Marauder, Maverick, Model A, Model T, Mondeo, Mustang, Orion, Pinto, Probe, Puma, Ranchero, Ranger, Scorpio, Shelby, Sierra, Skyliner, Sport Track, Sunliner, Super Duty, SVT, T-Bucket, Taurus, Tempo, Territory, Thunderbird, Torino, Transit, Tudor, Ute, Villager, Windstar, Zephyr, and ZX2.