Ford Germany was the German subsidiary of the American automaker Ford Motor Company, which existed under various names from 1925. Automakers, also known as carmakers, automobile manufacturers, motor manufacturers, or the automobile industry are companies that design and manufacture automobiles. ... “Ford” redirects here. ...

Ford Motor Co. AG

The earliest presence of the Ford Company in Germany was a parts operation set up in Hamburg in 1912. It was not until 1925 that an assembly plant was constructed in Berlin where Model T trucks were made from imported parts. Cars followed in 1926.^[1] Aktiengesellschaft (IPA: ; abbreviated AG) is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares, i. ... The Ford Model T (colloquially known as the Tin Lizzie and the Flivver) was an automobile produced by Henry Fords Ford Motor Company from 1908 through 1927. ...

In 1931 production moved to a new plant in Cologne on a site made available by the mayor of the city, Konrad Adenauer^[1] and an increasing proportion of the vehicles was made in Germany rather than imported. The first car off the new production line was the Model A joined in 1932 by the Model B. For other uses, see Konrad Adenauer (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Photographer Dorothea Lange on a Ford Model B 1934 Ford Model B Coupe Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Ford Model B The designation Ford Model B, like Ford Model A, was actually used for two different automobiles. ...

Small car manufacture started in 1933 with the Ford Köln, a year after its British launch as the Model Y, but it did not have the same impact in Germany as it did in Britain as it was undercut in price by the small Opel. Ford Köln was an automobile from Ford Motor Company that was in production from 1932 to 1935. ... 1933 Ford Model Y The Model Y was the first Ford specifically designed for markets outside the USA. The car was powered by a 933 cc, 8 hp Ford Sidevalve engine, and was in production in England from 1932 through 1937. ... This article is about the European car manufacturer. ...

The Ford Rheinland was a unique model for the German market made by fitting a 3285 cc engine into a Model B V-8 chassis but most products continued to be Detroit designs albeit with local names. The Eifel was the German version of the 10 hp sold in Britain as the Model C and this was joined in 1939 by the first of the long running Taunus range. The Ford Rheinland was an automobile built by Ford of Germany that was in production from 1933 to 1936. ... Ford Eifel was a car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company in Germany that was produced between 1935 and 1939. ... The Ford Model C Ten was a car from Ford built in the United Kingdom between 1934 and 1937. ... Ford Taunus was a large family car sold by Ford in Germany. ...

Ford-Werke AG

The company was re-organised in 1939 and changed its name to Ford-Werke^[1]. With the outbreak of war, car production continued at first with the Taunus being made until 1942 but increasingly military production took over. In spite of the heavy bombing of Cologne, the factory got off relatively lightly and after the war production was able to restart in May 1945 with truck manufacture, the US government having paid $1.1 million in consideration of bombing damage^[1]. Car making restarted in late 1948 with the Taunus. Henry Ford II visited the factory in 1948 during his visit to Germany when he was considering the purchase of Volkswagen which he did not proceed with^[1]. Aktiengesellschaft (IPA: ; abbreviated AG) is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares, i. ... VW redirects here. ...

In 1952 a new Taunus appeared and this had much in common with the British Ford products and was a great success enabling record production figures to be reached. The company was now being run by Ehrhart Vitger and he spent time recruiting new dealers to replace those lost in East Germany but the company continued to rank third in sales in Germany behind VW and Opel^[1].

The launch of the Ford Escort in 1968 marked the end of unique models in European countries and followed the creation of Ford Europe in 1967 from the assets of the British and German operations but the corporate entities continued for some time. The Ford Escort was a compact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from 1967 through 2003. ... Ford Europe is the European division of the Ford Motor Company that is based in America. ...

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