The story of the Model T is central to how Detroit became the Motor City. Here are some fast facts about Ford Motor Co.'s early days, the Model T and early factories. 1903: Henry Ford creates Ford ...
Automotive pioneer Henry Ford struck gold with the Ford Model T in 1908, but the road to success wasn't smooth. Ford built his first one-cylinder gas engine in 1893 and created his first car — which ...
Cast your mind back to a time when the automobile was still considered a novel invention. The Benz Patent Motorwagen debuted in 1886, representing more of a technological curiosity than anything. The ...
The Model T disrupted personal transportation when Ford Motor Co. introduced it in Detroit in 1908. It also disrupted the concept of work — who did it and how — when the company introduced a moving ...