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Where did Henry Ford invent the Model T?
Recently, my cousin insisted that the Ford Model T wasn’t invented in Detroit. I told him that he’s nuts, and I’d like some confirmation. Where did Henry Ford invent the Model T?
Jason Tushinski · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Henry Ford invented the Model T in his Piquette Avenue plant in—you guessed it—Detroit, Michigan, way back in 1908.
The Model T wasn’t the first motor vehicle invented—in fact, there were many automobiles invented from about the 1880s onwards; however, those vehicles were expensive, unreliable, and hard to get, because no one had figured out how to mass produce them. It wasn’t until Ford’s Model T rolled off the line in 1908 that the (garage) door was opened for a car widely available to the public.
It certainly helped that, unlike the scarce and pricey automobiles that came before it, the Model T was affordable, available, and easily maintained. By 1927, Ford had sold more than 15 million Model Ts.
The Model T wasn’t Ford’s first crack at creating a mass-market automobile—it was actually Ford’s 20th iteration but the first one that he deemed ready to roll out as a vehicle for the people.
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