A Century Of Going Further

Select a year to travel through the moments that shaped Ford — from a converted wagon shop in Detroit to an electric pickup.

1903 Detroit machine shop and early motorcar

1903

Twelve investors and a converted wagon shop

On 16 June 1903, Henry Ford and eleven associates incorporated Ford Motor Company with $28,000 in cash. The first car to leave the Mack Avenue plant was the two-cylinder Model A.