It was available in "any colour you want as long as it is black," according to Henry Ford, although in fact, the very first Model T Ford, which was launched 100 years ago, came in a choice of colours.

Henry Ford’s Model T was the first car for the masses. It sparked a revolution in transport that was to transform the 20th Century – making it the age of the car. Until the first Model T was produced ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is author of ‘Exponential’ In 1908, the first Model T Ford came off the production line in Highland ...

The Model T wasn't easy to drive, as I discovered. Taking a 1915 example from the Ford heritage collection in and around our own monument to Ford, Dagenham, made me wonder about that vision. First, ...

Cast your mind back to a time when the automobile was still considered a novel invention. The Benz Patent Motorwagen debuted in 1886, representing more of a technological curiosity than anything. The ...

As legend would have it, Henry Ford claimed buyers could have his namesake company's Model T in any color they wanted, just as long as it was black. Today's Nice Price or No Dice '26 is black and a ...

A Ford Model T had long been a dream car for Chris Brancaccio. For the first five decades of his life, however, it was a passion pursued only through the pages of books and several visits to the Henry ...

It was available in "any colour you want as long as it is black," according to Henry Ford, although in fact, the very first Model T Ford, which was launched 100 years ago, came in a choice of colours.

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