Ford Motor Co.

Ford Motor Co. is mentioned in 226 articles and has appeared on 11 TIME covers
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Workers assemble a truck at the Kansas City Ford Assembly plant in Claycomo, Mo.
From the Model T to the Mustang, Ford Motor Co. has produced some of the world's most iconic and beloved cars. But the company founded by Henry Ford in 1903 didn't just revolutionize what we drive. Ford Motor introduced the world's first moving assembly line in 1913. Henry Ford pioneered mass production techniques and made ... Read More

Ford Motor Co. Articles

Found: 226 Articles
  • Apr. 29, 1935
    Though all the stock of Ford Motor Co. is owned by Father Henry and Son Edsel, there are still numerous ways of investing in the most magical name in motordom. Frenchmen speculate in Ford, Société Anonyme, Germans in Ford Motor Co. A. G., Spaniards in Ford Motor Iberica Dutchmen in N. V. Nederlandsche Ford Automobielfabriek. ...
  • Jun. 16, 1980
    BORN. To Edsel Ford II, 31, only son of retired Ford Motor Co. Chairman Henry Ford II and currently assistant managing director of Ford Australia, and his wife Cynthia Neskow Ford, 29: a son, their first child; in Melbourne. Name: Henry Ford III, after his grandfather and his great-great-grandfather, Henry Ford I, the firm's founder. ...
  • Nov. 1, 1976
    Died. Eleanor Clay Ford, 80, one of the world's richest women (estimated fortune: between $100 million and $200 million); widow of Edsel Ford and mother of Henry Ford II; in Detroit. After her husband's death in 1943, Mrs. Ford forced her father-in-law, Ford Motor Co. Founder Henry Ford, to appoint her eldest son (then only ...
  • Sep. 6, 1926
    Drift from Fords. The Ford Motor Co. permits scant publicity for its production figures. Only by inference may these be calculated at the present moment. That is not so difficult. Thus- The January-June, 1926, U. S. motor car and truck production was 2,449,192. Companies other than the Ford Motor Co. made 1,590,220 cars and trucks. ...
  • Jan. 19, 1962
    After months of rumor, the Ford Motor Co. finally did it. In May, Ford's board announced, the company will ask its stockholders to approve a two-for-one stock split that will increase the number of outstanding Ford shares to 110 million. At the same time, Ford directors made the ownership of Ford stock a bit more ...
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  • Detroit: Now a Ghost Town: Once a crowded urban center, Detroit has become a large city with many buildings and too few people. By mid-2008, its population had dropped to 912,062, about half the number of residents in 1950
    Once a crowded urban center, Detroit has become a large city with many buildings and too few people. By mid-2008, its population had dropped to 912,062, about half the number of residents in 1950