This subseries documents Ford Motor Company of Dearborn, Michigan. Also concerns the Ford nameplate, which is built by the Ford Division of Ford Motor Company. The company's founder Henry Ford built his first car in 1896. After briefly being involved with the unsuccessful Detroit Automobile Company and the Henry Ford Company, he founded the Ford Motor Company 1903. The firm soon became a pioneer in the mass production of low-priced automobiles. In 1908, Ford introduced Model T, the world's first car to be mass produced on an assembly line with completely interchangeable parts. Over the course of the course of the Model T's production run, (1908-1927), more than 16 million were built, which presently makes it the 7 ^th best selling car of all time.

Ford lost its position as America's largest automaker to General Motors in 1927, but nevertheless the firm continued to grow. The firm entered the luxury car business in 1922 thorugh its acquisition of Lincoln Motor Company. To fill the gap between the Ford and Lincoln nameplates, established the Mercury Division in 1939. During World War II, Ford contributed to the American war effort by building Jeeps and B-24 bombers.

Ford Motor Company continued to grow when civilian production resumed in late 1945. That same year, Ford merged Lincoln and Mercury to form the Lincoln-Mercury Division. In 1957, the company introduced the Edsel, which proved to be a highly publicized flop and was dropped in 1959. Between 1979 and 2000, Ford expanded internationally by acquiring a 25% interest in Mazda (1979) and a controlling interest in Aston Martin (1987). During this time period, Ford Motor Company also purchased Jaguar (1989), Volvo (1999), and Land Rover (2000).

In response to the world automotive industry's downturn in the early twenty-first century, Ford Motor Company underwent considerable restructuring. It sold off Aston Martin (to Prodrive in 2007), Jaguar (to Tata Motors in 2008), Land Rover (to Tata Motors in 2008), and Volvo (to Geely Automotive in 2010). Ford also discontinued the Mercury nameplate in 2011.

Ford Motor Company is presently the second largest of America's "Big Three" and the third largest automaker in the world. Cars marketed under the Ford nameplate currently occupy the low-priced, medium-priced, and performance car segments of Ford Motor Company's product hierarchy. See also Aston Martin, Continental, Edsel, Jaguar (United Kingdom), Land Rover (United Kingdom), Lincoln, Lincoln-Mercury, Mazda (Japan), Mercury, Merkur, Think, and Volvo (Sweden).

This subseries is broken down into four sub-subseries: