Ford Motor Company
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Ford Motor Company Company Profile

Ford Motor began a manufacturing revolution with mass production assembly lines in the early 20th century, but today it is one of the world's largest automakers. Brands include Ford and Lincoln; Mercury ceased production in 2010. Among its models are the redesigned Ford Mustang, the F-Series pickup, and the fuel-efficient Focus. Finance unit Ford Motor Credit is one of the US's leading auto finance companies. Ford owns a small stake in Mazda but sold Volvo in 2010 to Zhejiang Geely Holding, parent of Geely Automobile, for about $1.3 billion cash and other monetary consideration. It operates about 65 plants worldwide, but gets more than half of its sales from North America.