| The Ford Motor Company has been manufacturing | | | | closing of 14 factories and cutting 30,000 |
| cars since the early 1900s after its founder, | | | | jobs. |
| Henry Ford, incorporated the company on June | | | | |
| 16, 1903. Ford is the fourth largest vehicle | | | | Ford has been one of the many motor vehicle |
| maker in the world based on worldwide sales. | | | | manufacturing companies that has moved into |
| They trail Toyota, General Motors and | | | | producing hybrid cars and fuel flexible cars. |
| Volkswagon. The company is located in | | | | Their fuel flexible cars are the Ford F-150, |
| Dearborn, Michigan just outside of Detroit. | | | | the Crown Victoria, the Focus, the Taurus, |
| Aside from their brands of Ford, Lincoln and | | | | the Ranger, the Explorer, the Mercury Grand |
| Mercury, Ford also has international models | | | | Marquis, and the Lincoln Town Car. Their |
| in Sweden called Volvo and Mazda of Japan. | | | | hybrid vehicles have been produced every |
| They were once a part owner of Aston Martin | | | | couple of years from 2004 to 2009. In 2004 |
| in England. They sold their part ownerships | | | | the company released its Ford Escape Hybrid. |
| of Jaguar and Land Rover to TaTa in India in | | | | In 2006 the company released its Mercury |
| March of 2008. | | | | Mariner Hybrid, in 2008 the company released |
| | | | its Ford Fusion/Mercury Milan Hybrid and in |
| Ford is the third largest manufacturer in the | | | | 2009 it released the 2009 Ford Edge/Lincoln |
| United States in terms of sales behind GM and | | | | MKX Hybrid. |
| Toyota. It was the first time in 56 | | | | |
| consecutive years that Ford had fallen from | | | | Ford, aside from manufacturing vehicles for |
| the number two largest manufacturer in the | | | | everyday use, is also a major player in three |
| country. Henry Ford revolutionized the | | | | of NASCAR's races. They manufacture cars for |
| manufacturing world with his large-scale | | | | the Sprint Cup Series, the Nationwide Series |
| assembly line designs and how he treated his | | | | and the Craftsman Truck Series. Their Ford |
| industrial workforce. His model for success | | | | F-150 is used in the Craftsman Truck Series |
| became known globally as Fordism. The company | | | | and the mid-size Fusion is used in the Sprint |
| has stayed within the Ford family for over | | | | Cup Series and the Nationwide Series. |
| 100 years. | | | | |
| | | | One of the most popular and recognizable Ford |
| Over the past few years the Ford Motor | | | | cars is their ultimate sports car; the Ford |
| Company has struggled to make a profit and | | | | Mustang. The Mustang was first manufactured |
| needed a new plan to revitalize the company. | | | | in 1964 and released that same year at the |
| Company chairman Bill Ford requested a plan | | | | New York World's Fair. The vehicle is modeled |
| from Mark Fields, the president of the | | | | after the Ford Falcon, one of the company's |
| American Division. The plan was released to | | | | compact cars. There are five generations of |
| the public in 2006 and it was titled "The Way | | | | the Mustang, the fifth one beginning in 2005 |
| Forward." This plan did consist of major | | | | and continuing into the present. The Mustang, |
| layoffs across the company and it resulted in | | | | not only the company's most popular car, is |
| the consolidation of production lines, the | | | | the company's most successful model as well. |