Model T (United States of America, 1908)

The Ford Model T entered Ford’s brand new assembly line in 1908 and its production lasted nearly 2 decades. The Model T was conceived with the main purpose of better serving the interests of the middle class and that is why it is widely considered to be the world’s first affordable car.

Ford Motor Company is legendarily recognized for pioneering the automobile mass production, which made for faster production times, quicker selling rates and much lower prices for the average customers to afford a car. The American automaker dropped the one-by-one hand crafting of vehicles in favour of a new automated assembly line. The Ford Model T was the first vehicle ever to be produced through this revolutionary (for that time) type of assembly in which the cars are mass-produced and made out of transposable parts.

The company started producing the ‘T’ at their Piquette factory in Detroit, Michigan, but the success of the automated assembly l...