Ford Motor Company - American automobile company, specializing in the production of passenger car brands, "Ford", "Mercury", "Lincoln", trucks, various agricultural machinery. "Ford" owns "Jaguar". Headquartered in Dearborn (Michigan), near which was once a farm parents of Henry Ford.
In 1872, the son of Irish immigrants fell from a horse while working on his father's farm near the city of Dearborn (Michigan, USA). That same day, he decided to create a vehicle that would not cause suffering and it would be more reliable than vehicles using animal power. This rider was a failed Henry Ford.
Later Henry and his eleven fellow enthusiasts have gathered a decent amount of 28,000 dollars, and June 16, 1903 filed an application for an industrial enterprise organization in Michigan.
Ford Motor Company began its production activity, and as a result was created "gasoline buggy" driven by a motor 8 hp, which received the name of "Model A".
The focus in the 60s becomes young. In accordance with public sentiment, Ford quickly reorient their production to create affordable sports cars aimed the young buyer.
It was then, in 1964, at the court to the public for the first time seems to Mustang. The most important feature of novelty was the use of a new engine, which combines the two in the unit - transmission and drive axle. And compares favorably with its appearance - an original combination of modern design trends 50-60 years.
Such keen interest, which caused the car, not seen since the Model A. The Mustang quadruple hundred thousand cars were sold in the first hundred days. the company's profit exceeded the expected results.
Inspired by the success of Ford specialists continue to develop original design, using the most innovative trends and the development of the automotive industry. Their work is embodied in models such as Corina van and Transit.
But not only worried about profit staff and management Ford Motor Company. The struggle for the safety of driving.
So, in 1970, Ford became the first of the series producers, who introduced a front disc brake.
Since 1976, the legendary Ford oval logo with blue background and silver letters placed perfectly on all its cars to anywhere in the world could easily find products Ford.
Terms and conditions of tough competition, particularly heightened in this period, experts urge Ford to introduce new technology and other areas - emphasis on fuel economy. The aim of designers is to create a world-class leader in the middle and the representative market segments. The result was the Ford Taurus and Mercury Sebale.
It should be noted that the Taurus was created as a car, every detail is brought to perfection. The efforts have borne fruit - Taurus car was found in 1986, and a year later became a bestseller in America.
Further innovations were the Ford Mondeo, as well as a modified Mustang. Premiere in 1994 were Ford Espire and Windstar minivan.
Then North America saw the improved Ford Taurus and Mercury Tracer, demonstrated the first big change in the design of cars that appeared on the market in the late 80s. In Europe, a modified F-Series pickup, the new Fiesta and minivans Galaxy were also presented.
The main goal of the company becomes a continuous improvement of its products while reducing production costs. The result was the world's cars.
At the moment around the world sold more than 70 different models of cars produced under the brands Ford, Lincoln, Mercury, and Aston Martin. Ford has also the proportion of shares in Mazda Motor Corporation companies and Kia Motors Corporation.