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source : hupages.com Ford is the world's third largest carmaker when measured by vehicle sales. Other than Ford's own-branded businesses, the company owns one other major brand - Volvo, though it also owns one-third interest in Mazda and a small holding share in the former subsidiary Aston Martin. Its former UK subsidiaries (Land Rover and Jaguar) were bought by Tata Motors of India in March 2008. In 2007, Ford became the third-ranked car-maker in US sales (being beaten by General Motors and Toyota). It was Ford’s first decline from second position in 56 years. FORD HISTORY Ford was launched in 1903. Henry Ford, the company's founder, revolutionized mass production by introducing methods for manufacturing cars on a large-scale using highly engineered manufacturing along travelling assembly lines. In 1908, Ford introduced the legendary Model T and by 1920 production was over one million cars a year. In the 1950s, Ford introduced the legendary Thunderbird and in 1955 the disastrous Edsel. But Ford bounced back introducing its compact Ford Falcon in 1960 and the Mustang in 1964. By 1967, Ford of Europe was established, which builds some of the UK's most popular cars. FORD FACTS   Type: Public companyFounded: June 17, 1903Headquarters: : Dearborn, Michigan, USAKey People: : Henry Ford, Founder, Alan Mulally, President and CEO, William Clay Ford, Jr, ChairmanIndustry: : AutomotiveProducts: : Mainstream/performance vehicles & automotive partsSubsidiaries: : Automotive Components Holdings Volvo (cars only)  FEATURED MODELS FORD ESCORT - a small family car made by Ford from 1967 to 2003, the top-selling Escort enjoyed seven different incarnations.FORD FIESTA - a "supermini", the Ford Fiesta is one of Ford's most successful cars. More than ten million have been sold in seven different marks since 1976.FORD FOCUS - The Ford Focus is a small family car launched in 1998, since which time it has become the UK's best selling car, following in the steps of its predecessor, the Escort.FORD FOCUS C-MAX - a compact MPV made since 2003, the C-Max is based on the Focus Mk II platform and is the smallest multi-purpose vehicle in the Ford range.FORD GALAXY - a 5-door MPV which entered production in 1995. The second generation Galaxy, launched in 2006 is one of the UK's favourites.FORD KA - produced from ...