Ford

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational corporation and the world''s third largest automaker based on worldwide vehicle sales.

In 2006, Ford was the second-ranked automaker in the US with a 17.5% market share, behind General Motors (24.6%) but ahead of Toyota (15.4%) and DaimlerChrysler (14.4%)3. Ford was also the seventh-ranked American-based company in the 2007 Fortune 500 list, based on global revenues of $160.1 billion 4. In 2006, Ford produced about 6.6 million automobiles5, and employed about 280,000 employees at about 100 plants and facilities worldwide6. In 2007, Ford had more quality awards from J.D Power than any other automaker.

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Ford road car timeline, North American market, 1980s-present

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Mustang

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Ford Motor Company light truck timeline, North American market, 1980s-present

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Escape

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Bronco II

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Bronco

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Excursion

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Edge

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Aerostar

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Ford was launched in a converted factory in 1903 with $28,000 in cash from twelve investors, most notably John Francis Dodge and Horace Elgin Dodge who would later found the Dodge Brothers Motor Vehicle Company. During its early years, the company produced just a few Model T''s a day at its factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Groups of two or three men worked on each car from components made to order by other companies. Henry Ford was 40 years old when he founded the Ford Motor Company, which 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. The largest family-controlled company in the world, the Ford Motor Company has been in continuous family control for over 100 years.