Ford Motor Company is an American car maker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan. Henry Ford founded it in 1903. His Model T, launched in 1908, and the moving assembly line changed mass manufacturing.
Ford builds cars, SUVs, pickups and commercial vans under the Ford and Lincoln brands. The F-Series pickup has been the best-selling truck in the United States for decades. The Mustang, Bronco and Explorer are other well-known names, and it also sells electric models such as the Mustang Mach-E.
The company has plants across North America, Europe, South America and Asia. It also runs a credit arm, Ford Credit. The Ford family keeps voting control through a special class of shares. The company has plants in Dearborn, Louisville, Valencia and Cologne, among other places. Bill Ford Jr. is executive chair and Jim Farley is chief executive. Ford's main competitors include General Motors and Toyota.