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Ford Motor Company

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Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker founded by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan in 1903. It pioneered moving assembly line mass production, making automobiles affordable to the middle class, and remains one of the world's major vehicle manufacturers. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Founded Year
1903 1
Significance
Pioneered mass manufacturing techniques and assembly line production that revolutionized the automobile industry and made cars affordable for the middle class. 1
Headquarters
Dearborn, Michigan, United States 1
Status
Operating 1
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The Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford, sometimes abbreviated as FoMoCo) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
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  • History section
    Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines.
  • Opening section
    It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903.
  • Lead paragraph
    The Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford, sometimes abbreviated as FoMoCo) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
  • In Group: Automobile Manufacturers, Lead sentence
    The Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford, sometimes abbreviated as FoMoCo) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
  • Part Of: Automobile Transport, Lead sentence
    The Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford, sometimes abbreviated as FoMoCo) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States.
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Wikipedia: Soybean car
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Ford was looking to integrate industry with agriculture
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Meteor (Ford of Canada marque) (Wikipedia)
Has Part: Meteor (Ford of Canada marque), Lead
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Meteor was a marque of automobiles offered by Ford Motor Company of Canada from 1949 to 1961 and from 1964 to 1976.
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Monarch (Ford of Canada marque) (Wikipedia)
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Monarch was an automobile marque produced by Ford Canada from 1946 through 1957 and from 1959 to 1961.
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Frontenac (Ford of Canada marque) (Wikipedia)
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In 1960, Ford Canada introduced the Frontenac to give Mercury-Meteor dealers a compact vehicle to sell.
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Thames (Ford commercial vehicle brand) (Wikipedia)
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Thames (also known as Ford Thames or Fordson Thames) was a commercial vehicle brand produced by Ford of Britain.
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Troller (Brazilian marque) (Wikipedia)
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Founded in 1995 in Horizonte, Ceará, it became a subsidiary of Ford in 2007.
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Think (electric car marque) (Wikipedia)
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The Ford TH!NK was a line of electric vehicles produced by TH!NK Mobility, then an enterprise of the Ford Motor Company.
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Vignale (Wikipedia)
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Vignale is the luxury car sub-brand of Ford Motor Company
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Carrozzeria Ghia (Wikipedia)
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The company is currently owned by Ford Motor Company
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