The story of the Model T is central to how Detroit became the Motor City. Here are some fast facts about Ford Motor Co.'s early days, the Model T and early factories. 1903: Henry Ford creates Ford ...

Cast your mind back to a time when the automobile was still considered a novel invention. The Benz Patent Motorwagen debuted in 1886, representing more of a technological curiosity than anything. The ...

In a high-security room on the third floor of a factory in Detroit’s bustling Milwaukee Junction industrial neighborhood in 1907, six men and a 14-year-old boy changed the world. In less than a year — ...

To mark the 250th anniversary of the United States, we’re cataloging 25 objects that define the country’s history. When the Ford Model T first hit the road in the early 1900s, it didn’t just change ...

The company’s chief executive, Elon Musk, said this week that it would stop making the car, an electric pioneer in 2012, as well as the Model X. By Neal E. Boudette See more of our coverage in your ...

In this series, we celebrate special interest groups. Whether you get together to play tennis, board games, take long walks, eat lunch, create art, connect with your neighbors or gather with friends, ...

When you think of classic, trend-setting vehicles, the grand-daddy of them all is, of course, the original Ford Model T. While this lovely piece of 1908 technology wasn't the first automobile ever ...

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Argue all you want, but it was the Ford Model T that put the world on wheels. Before that you had to be a prince or a potentate to get a car. Henry Ford’s assembly line gave the world mass production, ...

The ferry broke down at exactly the wrong moment for everyone except Henry Ford. On June 8, 1909, two stripped-down Ford Model Ts rolled onto a little wooden ferry at Glasgow, Mo., and crossed the ...

1903: Henry Ford creates Ford Motor Co. 1904: Ford builds the Piquette Avenue Plant in the Detroit neighborhood of Milwaukee Junction, just east of Woodward Avenue. The plant was made of brick and ...