Ford Argentina S.C.A. is the Argentine subsidiary of Ford Motor Company founded in Buenos Aires in 1913. Its first products were Model Ts assembled from complete knock down (CKD) kits provided by Ford Motor Company in 1917. Nevertheless, Ford Motor Argentina is best known in more recent times for producing the Ford Focus and, previously, the Argentine version of the Ford Falcon, originally a U.S. model introduced in Argentina in 1961, but adapted to the Argentine market.
Ford assembly plant in General Pacheco
1915 Ford advertisement published in La Prensa newspaper featuring the model T
Ford assembly plant in La Boca, c. 1922
President Carlos Menem driving an Escort model in October 1996, during the ceremony in which the model was released in Argentina
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is controlled by the Ford family; they have minority ownership but the majority of the voting power.
Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan
Founder Henry Ford c. 1919
A 1910 Model T (introduced in 1908), photographed in Salt Lake City
B-24 Liberator bombers being mass-produced at Ford's Willow Run assembly plant in 1944