Ford is an American based motor company. The company is based in Dearborn, Michigan.
It was founded by Henry Ford in 1903. Henry was born in Greenfield, Township, Dearborn Michigan US. Henry Ford has Irish heritage as his father was originally from County Cork in Ireland. His mother was born in Michigan. Henry Ford passed away in April 7th 1947 aged 83. He had one child by the name of Edeel Ford.
The Ford Motor Company was launched from an old factory with $28,000 worth of investors money. The first attempt was later named The Cadillac Motor company on August 22nd 1902. During the early years of the business the company only produced a few cars per day. By the time he was 40 years old Henry Ford had started the Ford Motor Company, which then went on to become one of the worlds largest, most profitable Companies in the World.
The Ford Motor company remained a family controlled business for over 100 years.
Ford is now the second largest car maker in the U.S and the fourth largest In the World.
As well as owning the ford motor company they also have stakes in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK.
Ford produce their cars by using an industrial workforce. They use engineered assembly lines to put the car pieces together.
The car Giant has manufacturing operations in Canada, Mexico, the UK, Turkey, Brazil, Argentina, Australia and the peoples Republic of China.
Ford Cars now sell world wide. There are various models on the market