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Events on Thursday 1 October 1908 1
1908 – 1927The Model T puts everyone in oneFifteen million carsFord's Model T is not technically remarkable. It is light, high off the ground, simple enough for a farmer to repair, and — crucially — priced to fall year after year rather than rise. Over nineteen years it sells more than fifteen million units and turns the combustion engine from a rich man's toy into the default way an ordinary person moves.