Record 002 · Transport · 1908
50%08.02.T
Ford Model T
Ford Motor Company
“The car that put the world on wheels and invented modern mass production.”
Not the first automobile, but the first one ordinary families could buy, repair, and drive off-road. Moving assembly line (1913) collapsed cost and cycle time.
Defined 20th-century mobility, suburbia, and industrial method.
15 million (1908–1927)
- Moving assembly line applied at scale
- Vanadium steel durability
- Left-hand steering becoming standard
A motor car for the great multitude.
