Author: Juan Anthonio Kambuno






    Ford's first cars were named Chronologically with a letter: the model A was introduced the world famous T model that was to became a symbol of the American Motorcar industry. In 1907, Ford launched its current Blue oval Trademark, but it wasn't until 1928 that Model A had the first version of the familiar Ford Script. Henry Ford had seen great success with his vehicles especially with the Model T and in early 1910, he expanded in foreign countries, with production facilities in France, Denmark, Germany, England, and Austria. 

    When the first World War started, Ford was producing half of the cars being sold in the U.S.A  and almost half of all cars being produced in England. During the war, Ford produced many of its car for the military. In 1922, Ford acquired Lincoln Motor Company in the desire of expanding its market share as Ford wanted to enter the luxurious car market. By 1941, Ford owned the largest assembly plant in the world and during the World War 2, Ford produced not only your standard military vehicles but also B-24 Liberator bombers and tanks. 

    Henry Ford died in 1947 and by that time Ford was a reputed world car maker. It is said that over 7 million people paid their final respected at his funeral. Post WWII Ford was a company that developed and evolved very fast. Many famous models were produced in the 1950s and 1960s, such as the Thunderbird (1955), the F-1 Truck (1948) and the Mustag (1964). 

    Ford also continued to develop and implement the last technologies in their cars and they had become one of the most important car makers in the world during the Cold War.