Ford Trucks - Henry Must Be Proud
You’ve surely heard their motto “Built Ford Tough”. Well, Ford is not simply referring to their line of pickups. Ford Motor Company is currently the third largest automaker in the world. This Dearborn, MI company that was founded on June 16, 1903 by Mr. Henry Ford has more than held up to its reputation with personal vehicles as well as heavy duty trucks. Today the Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational Company and chances are you would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know something about this company.
Ford first began its manufacturing of trucks in 1908. Things have changed considerably since that first truck rolled off the assembly line. Commercial vehicles were eventually produced for the Ford truck line in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, the Netherlands, the Philippines, Spain, Turkey, the UK and the United States, although this manufacturing maneuver did not last long. The European venture lasted longer than others although it too is now non-existent. In 1986 the European Ford venture, called the Ford of Britain, was sold to the Iveco group and new models from this company are manufactured under the Transcontinental and Cargo logos.
The United States version of the Ford heavy truck division was sold to Freightliner, which is now part of the Daimler truck line. Since 1997 the brand has been known under the Sterling logo. Although Ford continues today to manufacture medium class trucks with the ever popular F-650 and F-750 names, they have also recently added the new LCF series to the line-up which is somewhat similar to the Ford Cargo trucks of yesteryear.