Henry Ford with the Model T

Did you know? • Had a 10 gallon fuel tank • Had a hand crank to get engine started • RWD • Had wooden artillery wheels • AKA: Tin Lizzie

The Ford Model T was an automobile produced by Henry Ford’s Ford Motor Company from 1908-1927. The Model T set 1908 as the historic year that the automobile came into popular usage. It is generally regarded as the first affordable automobile, the car that “put America on wheels.” Some of this was because of Ford's innovations including- but not limiting: the assembly line production instead of individual hand crafting.

The first production Model T was built on Sept 27,1908 in Detroit, MI. The Ford Model T was named the world's most influential car of the 20th Century in an international poll. Henry Ford said of the vehicle: I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one-and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces.

Henry Ford is commonly reputed to have made the statement "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." It is often stated that Ford chose black because the paint dried faster than other colored paints available at the time, and a faster drying paint would allow him to build cars faster since he would not have to wait for the paint to dry.
Material taken from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_T

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Ford’s green elements: Example: Ford’s 2008 Mustang, F-150, Expedition, and Lincoln Navigator feature the market’s first soy-based seat foam. The maker says its new product will reduce carbon dioxide by more than 600,000 lb. annually. Ford also uses seat fabric made from recycled plastics and polyester, saving water, electricity, and carbon dioxide emissions

Ford: Will produce within five years more than 500,000 EcoBoost vehicles, with direct injection turbocharge and lightweight transmission. Ford now has five light-duty flex-fuel models, plus two hybrids, adding the Ford Fusion and Mercury Milan models later this year. The F-150 gets a 50-state diesel engine in 2009. Ford also has a test fleet of 30 hydrogen-powered Focus fuel cell vehicles.

Honda: Honda now has a hybrid Civic, will debut a dedicated hybrid five-door hatchback in early 2009. Later it will intro a small hybrid sports car based on the CR-Z concept. Honda will eventually offer a 50-state diesel. Watch for plans to lease 200 FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicles by 2011.

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