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The English Ford company had developed the car and introduced it in 1932 as the Ford Model Y. The German-built version, renamed Ford Köln to stress the vehicle's German provenance, was first seen at the 1933 Berlin Motor Show. The name came from the German name for the city of Cologne. The early cars were built with components and other ...
The Ford Eifel is a car manufactured by Ford Germany between 1935 and 1940. [1] It initially complemented, and then replaced, the Ford Köln. It was itself replaced by the Ford Taunus. Between 1937 and 1939, it was also assembled in Hungary and Denmark.
It was in production in England, where it is sometimes remembered as the "Ford Eight", [2] reflecting its fiscal horsepower rating, from 1932 until September 1937, [1] The car was also produced in France (where it was known as the Ford 6 CV, despite actually falling within the 5CV French car tax band) [3] from 1932 to 1934, and in Germany as the Ford Köln from 1933 to 1936.
Ford Rheinland 1932. In March 1929 General Motors purchased a controlling 80% holding in Opel. Henry Ford's reaction was a prompt decision to build a complete Ford auto-factory in Germany, and before the end of 1929 a site at Cologne made available by the mayor of the city, Konrad Adenauer, [4] was acquired by Ford. [5]
[6] [7] [8] Ford Werke and Ford SAF (Ford's subsidiaries in Germany and France, respectively) produced military vehicles and other equipment for Nazi Germany's war effort. Some of Ford's operations in Germany at the time were run using forced labor. When the U.S. Army liberated the Ford plants in Cologne and Berlin, they found "destitute ...
The Ford Model 48 was an update on Ford's V8-powered Model 40A, the company's main product.Introduced in 1935, the Model 48 was given a cosmetic refresh annually, begetting the 1937 Ford before being thoroughly redesigned for 1941.
1932 Ford V8 Standard Tudor Model 18 with optional color-keyed wheels, white wall tires, and side mounts. When Ford introduced the Model A in late 1927, there were several competitors also offering four-cylinder cars, among them Chevrolet, Dodge, Durant, and Willys. That changed within a few years, soon leaving the new Plymouth the sole major ...
The Ford Rheinland is an automobile that was produced by Ford Germany from 1933 to 1936. The car was a German market designated Ford Model B. [1] The name comes from the German region of the Rhineland. In total 5575 of them were made. The engine, taken from Model B, was a four-cylinder, four-stroke 3285 cc giving 50 hp (37 kW) at 2800 rpm. This ...