Our History

Our focus on the freedom of movement helped create the middle class with the $5 wage, revolutionized manufacturing with the moving assembly line and got the whole world moving with the first vehicles built for everyone.

Company Timeline

Since 1903, Ford Motor Company has put the world on wheels. From the moving assembly line and the $5 workday, to soy foam seats and aluminum truck bodies, Ford has a long heritage of progress. Learn more about the automobiles, innovations and manufacturing that have made the blue oval known around the world.

A heritage of help

Throughout its 117-year history, Ford has stepped up and made contributions in times of need. From bombers to incubators, vehicles are not the only items to come out of Ford plants.

Black and white photo of Henry Ford sitting in a chair
Our founder was a champion of innovation. Learn more about the tinkerer who started it all.