Ford models

Ford was founded in 1903 by Henry Ford in Dearborn, Michigan, and it did something bigger than build cars: it built the modern factory. The moving assembly line and the Model T put millions of ordinary people behind the wheel for the first time and reshaped how almost everything gets made.

That populist instinct never really left. Ford's identity is the workhorse, the F-Series pickup that has been America's best-selling vehicle for decades, the Transit van, the Mustang that made the affordable muscle car a category of its own. These are tools and toys for people who use them hard.

Ford has trimmed its passenger-car lineup sharply to focus on trucks, SUVs, and electric models like the Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning. The Ranger and Everest carry its reputation for rugged, go-anywhere vehicles into markets around the world. Ford asks less about prestige and more about whether the thing will do the job, year after year, and that has always been the point.