At that time, automobiles were expensive, custom-made machines. Ford's engineers took the first ... his cars. Ford's manufacturing principles were adopted by countless other industries. Henry ...

Automotive pioneer Henry Ford was a big fan of ... World War 2 came along and car production was halted; the plastic Ford never made it into production. But there were some famous plastic cars ...

Volkswagen Beetle No. 15,007,034 rolled off the assembly line on February 17, 1972, in a feat that made automotive history.

Henry Ford's parents left Ireland during the potato famine and settled in the Detroit area in the 1840s. Ford was born in what is now Dearborn, Michigan. His formal education was limited, but even ...

Henry Ford first ... and other remarks were made sublime by Edsel Ford’s remarking that 727,000 orders had already — within a month—been placed for the new Ford car, of which 537,000 are ...

Car, aviation and history buffs alike may want to find their way to The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn soon for one exhibit up all their respective alleys. A 1937 Cord 812 Phaeton Convertible that ...

One hundred years after Henry ... years now. Ford didn't invent the car, but he found a way to bring personal transportation to the masses. Similarly, Musk didn't invent EVs, but made them popular.