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Ford Motor Company Limited, [2] [note 1] trading as Ford of Britain, is a British wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Technologies Limited (formerly called Blue Oval Holdings), itself a subsidiary of Ford International Capital LLC, which is a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. [3] Its business started in 1909 and has its registered office in Laindon ...
Ford of Germany and Ford of Britain jointly launch the first generation Ford Transit range of panel vans. 1965: Ford Galaxie 500 LTD debuts, advertised as quieter than a Rolls-Royce; 1966: Ford Bronco sport utility vehicle introduced. 1967: Ford of Europe is established by merging the operations of Ford of Britain and Ford of Germany.
The rise of Ford in Britain: From sales agency to market leader, 1904–1980 Steven Tolliday, School of History, University of Leeds, UK Accessed 18 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 10 December 2006) Ford – History of Ford in Britain Accessed 18 March 2007; media.ford.com – FORD IN EUROPE: HISTORICAL TIME LINE Accessed 18 March 2007
Ford Trafford Park Assembly Plant was a car assembly plant established by Ford of Britain at Trafford Park, beside the Manchester Ship Canal, a short distance to the west of Manchester. It was the first manufacturing plant established by Ford outside the United States, though originally it was established merely to assemble vehicles using parts ...
Ford Dagenham is a major automotive factory located in Dagenham, London, operated by the Ford of Britain subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. The plant opened in 1931 and has produced 10,980,368 cars and more than 39,000,000 engines in its history. [2] [3] It covers around 475 acres and has received over £800 million of capital investment since 2000.
The Ford Zephyr is an executive car manufactured by Ford of Britain from 1950 until 1972. The Zephyr and its luxury variants, the Ford Zodiac and Ford Executive , were the largest passenger cars in the British Ford range from 1950 until their replacement by the Consul and Granada models in 1972.
In 1988 Ford Motor Company sold 80% of Ford-New Holland Inc. to Fiat, and in 1991 Fiat acquired the remaining 20%, with the agreement to stop using the Ford brand by 2000. By 1999, Fiat had discontinued the use of both its own and the Ford name, and united them both under the New Holland brand.
Ford of Britain wanted to make a British brand identity and differentiate its passenger and commercial lines. Subsequently, the Thames name became widely used. The name Thames was initially used alongside Fordson on commercial products until 1957 when the Fordson name was removed from all trucks and the brand was focused only on farm products ...