Ford Motor Company timeline

Ford Model A is First Produced

The original Ford Model A was the first car produced by Ford Motor Company, beginning production in 1903. Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago, Illinois... Read more

Ford Model C is First Produced

The Ford Model C was introduced in 1904 and was a version of the first Ford Model A with more modern look, slightly more powerful engine and 15 cm... Read more

Ford Model B is First Produced

Ford Model B was an upscale touring car introduced in 1904. It was Ford's first car to use the front-engine layout, with a large 24 hp 4-cylinder... Read more

Ford Model F is First Produced

The Ford Model F is an automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was a development of the Model A and Model C, but was larger, more modern,... Read more

Ford Model K is First Produced

Ford Model K was an upscale automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in 1906 and replaced the earlier Model B. The model K... Read more

Ford Model N is First Produced

The Ford Model N was an inexpensive automobile produced by the Ford Motor Company. It was introduced in 1906 as a successor to the Models A, C and... Read more

Ford Model R is First Produced

The Model R was a higher trim level of the Model N with a larger body and wheels covered by full cycle fenders. An oil lamp was also added, and... Read more

Ford Model T is First Produced

The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and Flivver) is an automobile that was produced by Henry Ford's Ford Motor Company from 1908... Read more

Henry Ford Announces 5 Day Work Week

No industrialist enjoyed upsetting the apple cart more than Henry Ford. In 1914 he announced that he would pay $5 a day to his workers, double the... Read more

Ford Model AA is First Produced

Ford Model AA is a truck from Ford. As the Model T and TT became obsolete and needed to be replaced, Henry Ford began initial designs on the Model... Read more

Ford Custom is First Produced

The Ford Custom is a car model name that has been used by the Ford Motor Company both in the United States and Canada from the 1930s to 1972. For... Read more

Ford Köln is First Produced

Ford Köln is an automobile from the Cologne, Germany plant of the Ford Motor Company that was in production from 1932 to 1935. It was the German... Read more

Ford Model Y is First Produced

The Model Y was the first Ford specifically designed for markets outside the United States of America, replacing the Model A in Europe. The car was... Read more

Ford Rheinland is First Produced

The Ford Rheinland was an automobile built by Ford of Germany that was in production from 1933 to 1936. The name comes from the German region of... Read more

Ford Eifel is First Produced

Ford Eifel was a car manufactured by Ford Germany and Ford Hungary between 1935 and 1940. It was derived from the Ford Model C platform, and is... Read more

Ford CX is First Produced

The Ford CX was a car produced by the Ford Motor Company from 1935 to 1937. During that period 96,553 cars were produced. It was powered by an 1172... Read more

Ford Model 48 is First Produced

The Model 48 was an update on Ford's V8-powered Model 40A, the company's main product. Introduced in 1935, the Model 48 was given a cosmetic... Read more

Ford 7W is First Produced

The Ford 7W Ten was a car from Ford built in the United Kingdom between 1937 and 1938. The car was an updated version of the Model C Ten with the... Read more

Ford De Luxe is First Produced

Ford Motor Company introduced its De Luxe Ford line in 1938 as an upscale alternative to bridge the gap between its standard Ford line and luxury... Read more

Ford Prefect is First Produced

The Ford Prefect is a line of British cars produced by the UK section of the Ford Motor Company, and a more upmarket version of its direct siblings... Read more

Ford 7Y is First Produced

Ford 7Y is a car from Ford built in the United Kingdom between 1938 and 1939. It was officially marketed as a Ford "Eight", and was a rebodied and... Read more

Ford Taunus is First Produced

Ford Taunus was a range of family cars sold by Ford in Germany and other countries. Models from 1970 onward were similar to the Ford Cortina in the... Read more

Ford N Series is First Produced

The first of the 'N Series' of Ford tractors was the 9N. It included the first three-point hitch system on tractors, in the United States (Ferguson... Read more

Ford Model 91 is First Produced

The Ford Model 91 was a car made by the British Ford in 1939 only and was the last of the British pre war V-8 range that had started with the V8 18... Read more

Ford Anglia is First Produced

The Ford Anglia was a British car from Ford in the UK. It was related to the Ford Prefect and the later Ford Popular. The Ford Anglia name was... Read more