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The '''Ford Motor Company''' (
{{
nyse|F}})
is an American [[multinational corporation]] based in [[Dearborn, Michigan]], a suburb o [[Detroit]]. The automaker wis foondit bi [[Henry Ford]] an incorporatit on Juin 16, 1903. In addition tae the [[Leet o Ford vehicles|Ford]] an [[Lincoln (automobile)|Lincoln]] brands, Ford an aa awns a sma stake in [[Mazda]] in Japan an [[Aston Martin]] in the UK. Ford's umwhile UK subsidiaries [[Jaguar Cars|Jaguar]] an [[Land Rover]] wur sold tae [[Tata Motors]] o Indie in Mairch 2008. In 2010 Ford sauld [[Volvo Cars|Volvo]] tae [[Geely Automobile]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/press-releases/press-releases-detail/pr-ford-motor-
company
-completes-sale-33059|title=Ford Motor Company Completes Sale of Volvo to Geely|date=2 August 2010|work=Ford Motor Co.|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref> Ford discontinued the Mercury brand at the end o 2010.
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{{
Infobox
company
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| name = Ford Motor Company
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| logo = [[File:Ford Motor Company Logo.svg|250px]]
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| image = File:FordGlassHouse.jpg
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| image_caption = [[Ford World Headquarters]] in Dearborn, Michigan, USA, kent as the ''Glass House''.
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| type = [[Public company]]
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| traded_as = {{nyse|F}}<br />([[S&P 500|S&P 500 Component]])
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| industry = [[Automotive industry|Automotive]]
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| foundation = {{Start date and years ago|1903|6|16}}
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| founder = [[Henry Ford]]
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| location_city = [[Dearborn, Michigan]]
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| location_country = U.S.
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| area_served = warldwide
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| key_people = [[William Clay Ford, Jr.|William C. Ford, Jr.]]<br /><small>([[Chairman|Executive Chairman]])</small><br />[[Mark Fields (businessman)|Mark Fields]]<br /><small>([[Preses]] & [[Chief executive officer|CEO]])</small><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/transport/10802171/Mark-Fields-named-as-new-Ford-chief-executive.html|title=Mark Fields named as new Ford chief executive |date=May 1, 2014 |accessdate=July 6, 2014 |work=telegraph.co.uk |publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=UK}}</ref>
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| products = Automobiles<br>[[Luxury Car|Luxury Vehicles]]<br />[[Commercial vehicle|Commercial Vehicles]]<br>[[List of auto parts|Automotive parts]]
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| services = [[Finance|Automotive finance]]<br />[[Vehicle leasing]]<br />[[Service (motor vehicle)|Vehicle service]]
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| revenue = {{nowrap|{{increase}} {{USD|146.91 billion|link=yes}} <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013">{{cite web |url=http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3AF&fstype=ii&ei=OYkgU8CdC4-ukgWhKQ|title=2013 Annual Report |date=March 14, 2013 |accessdate=August 2, 2013 |publisher=Google Finance |location=USA |format=PDF}}</ref>}}
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| operating_income = {{increase}} {{USD|5.42 billion}} <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013"/>
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| net_income = {{increase}} {{USD|7.15 billion}} <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013"/>
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| assets = {{increase}} {{USD|202.02 billion}} <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013"/>
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| equity = {{increase}} {{USD|26.38 billion}} <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013"/>
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| num_employees = 181,000 <small>(2013)</small><ref name="AR2013"/>
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| divisions = [[Leet o Ford vehicles|Ford]]<br />[[Lincoln Motor Company|Lincoln]]<br>[[Motorcraft]]
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| subsid = {{Collapsible list|title=List|
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'''Transportation'''
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* [[Ford Motor Company of Australia|Ford Australia]]
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** [[Ford Performance Vehicles]]
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* [[Ford do Brasil]]
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** [[Troller Veículos Especiais|Troller]]
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* [[Ford of Europe]]
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** [[Ford of Britain]]
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** [[Ford Germany]]
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* [[Ford Racing]]
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** [[Ford Team RS]]
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** [[Special Vehicle Team]]
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* [[AutoAlliance Thailand]] (50%)
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* [[Blue Diamond Truck Company|Blue Diamond Trucks]] (50%)
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* [[Ford Sollers]] (50%)
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* [[Jiangling Motors]] (49%)
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* [[Otosan]] (41%)
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* [[Changan Ford Mazda]] (35%)
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* [[Aston Martin]] (8%)
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* [[Mazda]] (2.1%)
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* [[Ford Lio Ho]] (70%)
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'''Finance'''
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* [[Ford Motor Credit Company|Ford Credit]]
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'''Ither'''
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* [[Automotive Components Holdings]]
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* [[Getrag]] (50%)
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'''Internaitional'''
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* [[Ford Motor Company of Argentina|Ford of Argentina]]
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* [[Ford Motor Company of Canada|Ford of Canada]]
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* [[Ford India Private Limited|Ford of India]]
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* [[Ford Motor Company of Japan|Ford of Japan]]
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* [[Ford Motor Company of Korea|Ford of Korea]]
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* [[Ford Motor Company of New Zealand|Ford of New Zealand]]
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* [[Ford Motor Company Philippines|Ford of Philippines]]
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* [[Ford Motor Company of Taiwan|Ford of Taiwan]]}}
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| owner = [[Ford faimily tree|Ford Faimily]] (2%)
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| company_slogan = Drive one.<br /> Have you driven a Ford lately?<br /> Built Ford Tough<br /> Powered by You<br /> Feel the difference<br />Make Everyday Exciting<br />One Ford
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| homepage = [http://corporate.ford.com/ Ford.com]
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}}
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The '''Ford Motor Company''' ({{nyse|F}}) is an American [[multinaitional corporation]] based in [[Dearborn, Michigan]], a suburb o [[Detroit]]. It wis foondit bi [[Henry Ford]] an incorporatit on 16 Juin 1903. The company sells automobiles an commercial vehicles unner the [[Leet o Ford vehicles|Ford]] busit an maist luxury caurs unner the [[Lincoln Motor Company|Lincoln]] buist. Ford awns Brazilian SUV manufacturer, [[Troller]], an Australie performance caur manufacturer [[Ford Performance Vehicles|FPV]]. In the past it haes producit tractors andautomotive components an aw. Ford owns a 2.1% stake in [[Mazda]] o Japan, an 8% stak in [[Aston Martin]] o the Unitit Kinrick, an a 49% stak in [[Jiangling Motors|Jiangling]] o Cheenae. It haes a number o joint-ventures an aw, twa in Cheenae ([[Changan Ford Mazda]] an [[Ford Lio Ho]]), ane in Thailand ([[AutoAlliance Thailand]]), ane in Turkey ([[Ford Otosan]]), an ane in Roushie ([[Ford Sollers]]). It is leetit on the [[New York Stock Exchange]] an is controlled bi the [[Ford faimily tree|Ford faimily]], awtho they hae minority awnership.<ref>[http://www.forbes.com/sites/joannmuller/2010/12/02/ford-familys-stake-is-smaller-but-theyre-richer-and-remain-firmly-in-control/ Ford Family's Stake Is Smaller, But They're Richer And Still Firmly In Control]</ref> It is describit bi ''[[Forbes]]'' as "the maist important industrial company in the history o the Unitit States."<ref>Alix, Jay (30 October 2013). [http://www.forbes.com/sites/danbigman/2013/10/30/how-general-motors-was-really-saved-the-untold-true-story-of-the-most-important-bankruptcy-in-u-s-history/ "How General Motors Was Really Saved: The Untold True Story Of The Most Important Bankruptcy In U.S. History"]. [[Forbes|forbes.com]]. Retrieved 30 October 2013.</ref>
Ford introduced methods for lairge-scale manufacturin o caurs an lairge-scale management o an industrial workforce uisin elaborately ingineered manufacturin sequences typified bi movin [[assembly line]]s. [[Henry Ford]]'s methods came tae be kent around the warld as [[Fordism]] bi 1914.
Ford introduced methods for lairge-scale manufacturin o caurs an lairge-scale management o an industrial workforce uisin elaborately ingineered manufacturin sequences typified bi movin [[assembly line]]s. [[Henry Ford]]'s methods came tae be kent around the warld as [[Fordism]] bi 1914.
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Ford is
currently
the seicont
lairgest
automaker
in
the
U.S.
an the
fowert
-lairgest in the warld based on
number
o
vehicles sauld annually, directly ahint [[Volkswagen Group]]
.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://
oica
.
net
/
wp-content
/
uploads
/
ranking
-
2009.pdf
| title=
World
Motor
Vehicle
Production
| publisher=
International
Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA)
|year=
2009
|accessdate=
2010-08-03
}}</ref>
In 2007, Ford fell frae second tae third in US annual vehicle sales for the first time in 56 years, ahint ae [[General Motors]] an [[Toyota]]. Housomeivver, Ford occasionally ootsells Toyota in shorter periods (maist recently, durin the simmer months o 2009). Bi
the end o
2009
, Ford wis the
third
lairgest automaker in Europe
(ahint Volkswagen an [[PSA Peugeot Citroën]])
.<ref>{{cite web|author=ACEA |url=http://www.acea.be/images/uploads/files/
20100309_08_2009_vo_By_Manufacturer_Enlarged_Europe
.xls |title=
FYear
2009
by
manufacturer
and
by
vehicle
category
(
Enlarged Europe
) |publisher=ACEA |
date
=
|accessdate=2010-01-16
}}</ref> Ford is the
seivent
-
rankt
oweraw American-based company in the
2008
[[Fortune 500]] leet, based on global revenues in
2008
o $
146
.3
billion.<ref>{{cite
web
|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/
2009
/
snapshots
/
160.html
|title=Fortune 500
list for 2009 - based on 2008 sales
|publisher=
Money.cnn.com
|
date
=
|accessdate=
2010
-09-19
}}</ref>
In 2008, Ford produced 5.532
million automobiles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://
www
.ford.com/doc/2008_annual_report.pdf |title=Ford Motor Company / 2008 Annual Report| chapter=Operating Highlights|format=PDF|page=1 |accessdate=2010
-09-19|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20090419072514/http://www.ford.com/doc/2008_annual_report.pdf|archivedate=2009-04-19
}}</ref> an employed aboot 213,000 employees at aroond 90 plants an facilities warldwide.
Durin the [[Automotive industry crisis o 2008–2010|automotive crisis]], Ford's warldwide unit volume dropt tae 4.817 million in 2009. Despite the adverse conditions, Ford endit 2009 wi a net profit o $2.7 billion.<ref name="annualreport2009">{{cite web|url=http://www.ford.com/doc/2009_annual_report.pdf |title=Ford Motor Company / 2009 Annual Report| chapter=Operating Highlights|format=PDF|accessdate=2010-09-19|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100820195923/http://www.ford.com/doc/2009_annual_report.pdf|archivedate=2010-08-20}}</ref> Starting in 2007, Ford received mair initial quality survey awards frae [[J. D. Power and Associates]] than ony ither automaker. Five o Ford's vehicles rankt at the top o their categories<ref>[http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/06/autos/jdpa_quality/index.htm?postversion=2007060709 Money.CNN.com - ''Ford gets 5 top quality awards''] - 7 June 2007</ref> an fowerteen vehicles rankt in the top three.<ref>[http://www.autoobserver.com/2007/06/jd_power_ford_i.html Edmunds AutoObserver.com - ''J.D Power: Ford Is a Winner''] - 7 June 2007</ref>
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Ford is the seicont
-largest
U.S.-based
automaker
(precedit
bi
[[General Motors]])
an the
[[Automotive industry#Bi manufacturer|fift
-lairgest
]]
in the warld based on
2010
vehicle
sales
.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://
www
.
thetruthaboutcars.com
/
2011
/
01
/
hyundai
-
4th-largest-automaker-overtakes-ford/
| title=
Hyundai
4th
Largest
Automaker, Overtakes Ford
| publisher=
The
Truth
about
Cars
|year=
2011
|accessdate=
January 28, 2011
}}</ref>
At
the end o
2010
, Ford wis the
fift
lairgest automaker in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|author=ACEA |url=http://www.acea.be/images/uploads/files/
20110114_PRPC-FINAL-1012
.xls |title=
NEW
PASSENGER
CAR
REGISTRATIONS
BY
MANUFACTURER
EUROPEAN
UNIUM
(
EU
) |publisher=ACEA |
accessdate
=
January
28, 2011
}}</ref> Ford is the
aicht
-
rankit
oweraw American-based company in the
2010
[[Fortune 500]] leet, based on global revenues in
2009
o $
118
.3
billion.<ref>{{cite
news
|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/
2010
/
full_list
/ |title=Fortune 500|publisher=
CNN
|
accessdate
=
November 27,
2010}}</ref> In 2008, Ford produced 5.532
million automobiles<ref>{{cite web|url=http://
corporate
.ford.com/doc/2008_annual_report.pdf |title=Ford Motor Company / 2008 Annual Report| chapter=Operating Highlights|format=PDF|page=1 |accessdate=
September 19,
2010}}</ref> an employed aboot 213,000 employees at aroond 90 plants an facilities warldwide.
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== History ==
== History ==
[[File:Henry ford 1919.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[Henry Ford]] (ca. 1919)]]
[[File:Henry ford 1919.jpg|thumb|right|100px|[[Henry Ford]] (ca. 1919)]]
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* [http://www.ford.com/en/company/about/countrySites/default.htm Offeecial gateway tae global websites]
* [http://www.ford.com/en/company/about/countrySites/default.htm Offeecial gateway tae global websites]
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* [http://www.fordoner.com/ford-cargo-showroom.php Ford Cargo Ecotorq Showroom]
* [http://www.fordoner.com/ford-cargo-showroom.php Ford Cargo Ecotorq Showroom]
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