(Many thanks to Dr. Oliver Schnaedelbach for translation.)
In 1903, Henry Ford defined his production
theory as follows: „There is only one successful mode of car manufacturing:
all cars have to be identically built and need to look the same upon leaving
the factory.“ In spite of this theory, Ford at first changed models frequently:
the 1904 model B sold at $2000, model C at $850. In 1905 followed model
F at $1000, and a year later model K at $2500. During this time Ford was
a medium-sized manufacturer in the USA, still using engines and gearboxes
from Dodge. To enlarge business, he needed to provide own constructions. 
By using automated production along a moving assmbly line (originally invented by R.E. Olds a few years before) Ford achieved enormous time savings during manufacture: between 1905 and 1914 the time needed for productions sank from 12.5 hrs to 1.5 hrs. In 1908 Ford presented the car to motorise the nation: Model T, or „Tin Lizzy“. This vehicle, probably the only car in automotive history to continuously get cheaper during the production run, sold in more than 15 million examples, holding the production world record until well into the seventies, only to be surpassed by the other great construction for mass motorisation, the Volkswagen Beetle. Following the T, the model A was sold in over 5 million examples between 1927 and 1932, then being replaced by the V8. For the next 21 years, this engine was used exclusively in Ford cars. |
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