Ford is well known auto maker and as we drive, a lot of the
vehicles happen to be Ford models.
Here are the interesting facts on Ford Automotive:
- Ford’s current CEO, William Clay Ford, Jr., or Bill Ford,
currently owns the first Ford vehicle ever sold in 1903.
- Ford is the second largest family owned company in the
world. Henry Ford’s great grandson, William Clay Ford, Jr. currently resides as
the company’s executive chairman.
- The very first Ford sold was to Dr. Pfennig in 1903, for a
grand total of $850. The “Model A” had a 2-cylinder engine, and could reach a
max speed of 30 mph.
- Henry Ford and Thomas Edison were lifelong friends. As
requested by Ford, Thomas Edison’s son captured Edison’s last exhale in a test
tube and sealed it with a cork. Ford kept the tube as a memorial to Edison’s
“life and breath.”
- Ford’s signature blue, oval logo was not introduced until
4 years after the company had already been in production.
- In 1964, after Ford debuted the Mustang, 94,000
pedal-powered toy mustangs were bought for children the following Christmas
season.
- The only car that Jim Morrison, legendary Doors singer,
ever owned was a 1967 Shelby GT 500.
- Ford F-Series has been consistently ranked as the #1
selling car in America so far in 2013.
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