The Model T: The Success Of The Ford Motor Company

Since the first car was developed in 1885, car makers have been striving to create the car that will outshine over the others. There has never been a car to do it better than the Model T. Practical, reliable, and affordable are adjectives that describe the Model T since it came out in 1908. With little over 20 horsepower and a top speed of 45 miles an hour, this simple car propelled the Ford Motor Company to a level of success that had never been seen before(History, “Model T”). Henry Ford and the Model T revolutionized the car industry, as well as people's lives in the 1920s. The influences from the Model T can be found everywhere from the assembly line, to road development, to the middle class even in today’s world.

In the early days of car making, the process was slow and costly. The average car was around eight-hundred and fifty dollars, until the assembly line was developed by Henry Ford. This process made the cost of the Ford Model T drop down to an inexpensive three-hundred dollars. The Ford Motor Company sold a total of fifteen-million Model T’s by 1927(History, “Model T”). With the cost of the Model T almost three times less expensive, it allowed the average middle-class citizen to purchase a luxury such as an automobile. This drastically increased the number of cars on the small number of roads that the United States had to offer. This led to the mass development of roads and allowed people to travel from city to city relatively quickly to buy goods and services. Roads were a huge factor in american growth. It allowed businesses to grow and expand,

The advancements that came from it were bigger than anyone ever could have imagined. The advancements led to some of the greatest leaps in the modern middle class, to something as simple, yet necessary, as road development. The Model T helped America become what it is today and the effects will also be felt for a long time to