7. Ford Model T
Ford Model T is a 100 years old. It is this iconic vehicle that put the world on wheels.
October 1, 1908 was when the first Ford Model T was made for sale. It was the first low-priced, mass-produced automobile with standard, interchangeable parts. It had a 20-horsepower, four-cylinder engine with a top speed of about 45 miles per hour. The moving assembly line for the Model T revolutionized manufacturing in 1913.
Henry Ford called the Model T 'the universal car.' On December 18, 1999, the Ford Model T was named 'Car of the Century.'
Since 1908 to 1927, the car sold 16.5 million (1.65 crore) units. Painted black because it was the color that dried the fastest on the assembly lines, Henry Ford told his customers this: “Any customer can have a car painted in any color that he wants so long as it is black.”
Image: Indian car enthusiast Ravi Prakash (L) drives Ford India Ltd Managing Director David Friedman in his 1915 Ford Model T vintage car at the Bangalore Palace Grounds in Bangalore, in June 2003. Photograph: Indranil Mukherjee/AFP/Getty Images
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