Henry Ford and The Model T

Henry Ford 'd the Model T cars remained popular for several years. Henry Ford 's The Model T car was Ford Motor Company 's first success in the automobile industry.

Development of Henry Ford and The Model T cars

In 1927, eighteen years after the first Ford Model T had premiered, the 15 millionth Tin Lizzie rolled off the assembly line in Detroit, with a price tag of only $380.

Meanwhile, the world had changed, and Henry Ford 's Model T 's competitors had not been idle. Using Henry Ford 's methods of car production, other manufacturers were producing new equally inexpensive car models that had fresher lines and greater public appeal.

Henry Ford 's close advisors began to suggest that Henry Ford consider designing new models, an improvement from the Ford Model T. But when one went so far as to write his ideas down in a memo to Henry Ford, he was promptly fired. By the time Henry Ford finally accepted that the days of the Ford Model T were over, and agreed to produce new models, it was too late.

Henry Ford 's Model T replaced by Ford Model A

His second mass produced car, named the Ford Model A after one of his earlier inventions, was a good seller.  But Henry Ford had delayed too long and had clung to the Ford Model T when it was past its prime. While he wavered, General Motors took over first place in the industry. The days of Ford's leadership in the automobile industry were over. From then on it was an open field with dozens of manufacturers vying for the top sales.