世界名牌博览：福特

福特(Ford)是世界著名的汽车品牌，为美国福特汽车公司(Ford Motor Company)旗下的众多品牌之一，公司及品牌名“福特”来源于创始人亨利·福特(Henry Ford)的姓氏。福特汽车公司是世界上最大的汽车生产商之一，成立于1903年，旗下拥有福特(Ford)和林肯(Lincoln)汽车品牌，总部位于密歇根州 迪尔伯恩市(Dearborn)。除了制造汽车，公司还设有金融服务部门即福特信贷(Ford Credit)，主要经营购车金融、车辆租赁和汽车保险方面的业务。

The Ford Motor Company is one of the world’s largest automakers. It was founded by Henry Ford in 1903. He made the company famous for mass-producing cheap family cars on moving assembly lines. The Model T Ford is an important part of automobile history. His production methods were copied by companies all over the world. The company has stayed in family hands since the beginning, making it one of the largest family-controlled businesses in the world today. Ford has an annual revenue of over $100 billion and employs around 250,000 people worldwide. The company also owns Sweden’s Volvo and has shares in Japan’s Mazda and the UK’s Aston Martin. Thefaltering global economy means most of Ford’s profits now come from financing car loans through the Ford Motor Credit Company.