Ford Model T

<p>The Ford Model T is an <a href="/facts/Automobile/I1IsH8IK">automobile</a> that was produced by the <a href="/facts/Ford_Motor_Company/lY6Wcwty">Ford Motor Company</a> from October 1, 1908, to May 26, 1927. It is generally regarded as the first mass-affordable automobile, which made car travel available to middle-class Americans. The relatively low price was partly the result of Ford's efficient fabrication, including <a href="/facts/Assembly_line/uENUURd9">assembly line</a> production instead of individual handcrafting. The savings from <a href="/facts/Mass_production/31Cmgjuc">mass production</a> allowed the price to decline from $780 in 1910 (equivalent to $26,322 in 2024) to $290 in 1924 ($5,321 in 2024 dollars). It was mainly designed by three engineers, <a href="/facts/Joseph_A._Galamb/UUGE5kNE">Joseph A. Galamb</a> (the main engineer), <a href="/facts/Eugene_Farkas/1So1dqGy">Eugene Farkas</a>, and <a href="/facts/Childe_Harold_Wills/tD1Ra468">Childe Harold Wills</a>. The Model T was <a href="/facts/Colloquially/HvEweYjS">colloquially</a> known as the "Tin Lizzie".
</p><p>The Ford Model T was named the most influential car of the 20th century in the 1999 <a href="/facts/Car_of_the_Century/FKWxydDS">Car of the Century</a> competition, ahead of the <a href="/facts/Mini/NRHuY0v3">BMC Mini</a>, <a href="/facts/Citro%C3%ABn_DS/NwdMS3WT">Citroën DS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Volkswagen_Beetle/6wCVPMdJ">Volkswagen Beetle</a>. Ford's Model T was successful not only because it provided inexpensive transportation on a massive scale, but also because the car signified innovation for the rising middle class and became a powerful symbol of the United States' age of modernization. With over 15 million sold, it was the <a href="/facts/List_of_best-selling_automobiles/HnwdXJjp">most sold car in history</a> before being surpassed by the <a href="/facts/Volkswagen_Beetle/6wCVPMdJ">Volkswagen Beetle</a> in 1972.
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Ford Model T