https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news.html History Copyright 2026 en_US https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2022/06/16/ford-heritage-vault.html Today, on its 119th anniversary, Ford Motor Company is making a century of its archival material available to the public through a new online database called the Ford Heritage Vault. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2022/06/16/ford-heritage-vault.html Thu, 16 Jun 2022 10:17:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2022/06/16/ford-heritage-vault/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1655307265532.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/05/27/message-mystery-michigan-central-station.html Days after unveiling the all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning, the next big reveal for Ford Motor Company is not a vehicle at all. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/05/27/message-mystery-michigan-central-station.html Thu, 27 May 2021 18:26:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/05/27/message-mystery-michigan-central-station/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1622156326715.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/02/02/michigan-central-station-visitors.html More than three decades after the last train left Michigan Central Station, the building’s ornate interior will soon look as its creators envisioned more than a century ago. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/02/02/michigan-central-station-visitors.html Tue, 2 Feb 2021 05:20:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/02/02/michigan-central-station-visitors/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1612273833303.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/01/18/ford-illuminate-iconic-detroit-buildings.html Ford Motor Company will join with organizations and communities across the United States tomorrow in a memorial honoring people who lost their lives as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/01/18/ford-illuminate-iconic-detroit-buildings.html Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:15:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2021/01/18/ford-illuminate-iconic-detroit-buildings/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1697465902969.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/11/19/stone-carver-limestone-capital-michigan-central-station.html A new 11,500-pound replica of an original capital stone has been created and installed in the Waiting Room façade of Detroit’s historic Michigan Central Station after more than 400 hours of work by a mid-Michigan stoneworker. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/11/19/stone-carver-limestone-capital-michigan-central-station.html Thu, 19 Nov 2020 20:41:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/11/19/stone-carver-limestone-capital-michigan-central-station/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1605837115165.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/11/17/ford-plans-mobility-innovation-district.html In a community meeting today, Ford Motor Company revealed the site plan for Michigan Central, an inclusive, vibrant and walkable mobility innovation district in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/11/17/ford-plans-mobility-innovation-district.html Tue, 17 Nov 2020 08:42:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/11/17/ford-plans-mobility-innovation-district/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1605659440977.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/08/10/listen-now-bring-back-bronco-the-untold-story.html The first two episodes of Ford’s new podcast, Bring Back Bronco: The Untold Story, are now available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and everywhere listeners find their favorite podcasts. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/08/10/listen-now-bring-back-bronco-the-untold-story.html Mon, 10 Aug 2020 05:36:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/08/10/listen-now-bring-back-bronco-the-untold-story/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1645025149418.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/02/25/mckinley-thompson-jr-ford-african-american-designer-bronco.html McKinley Thompson Jr., a Ford designer who helped pen the first-generation Bronco, was the first African American designer hired at Ford Motor Company. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/02/25/mckinley-thompson-jr-ford-african-american-designer-bronco.html Tue, 25 Feb 2020 11:30:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2020/02/25/mckinley-thompson-jr-ford-african-american-designer-bronco/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1645025521192.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/11/13/same-indiana-quarry-provides-limestone-michigan-central-station.html To retain the historical integrity of the station, which first opened in 1913, the limestone blocks being used to replace the deteriorating stone on the façade will be sourced from the same Indiana quarry that provided the limestone during the original construction. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/11/13/same-indiana-quarry-provides-limestone-michigan-central-station.html Wed, 13 Nov 2019 12:55:34 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/11/13/same-indiana-quarry-provides-limestone-michigan-central-station/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1573667883878.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/03/01/ford-marks-end-of-taurus-production-legacy-of-innovation.html The last Ford Taurus sedan rolled off the line at Chicago Assembly Plant today, marking the end of U.S. production of the historic and pioneering nameplate. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/03/01/ford-marks-end-of-taurus-production-legacy-of-innovation.html Fri, 1 Mar 2019 17:56:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/03/01/ford-marks-end-of-taurus-production-legacy-of-innovation/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1551488753829.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/01/11/return-of-more-artifacts-allows-ford-to-create-a-new-michigan-ce.html On a cold day in late December, Bryan J. Brincat dropped off several items in a construction trailer outside Michigan Central Station. The items included cast iron wall sconces, once positioned by the station’s elevator doors, cast iron decorative pineapple railing toppers and cast iron elevator buttons. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/01/11/return-of-more-artifacts-allows-ford-to-create-a-new-michigan-ce.html Fri, 11 Jan 2019 12:01:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2019/01/11/return-of-more-artifacts-allows-ford-to-create-a-new-michigan-ce/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1558638161654.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/12/04/ford-begins-first-phase-of-construction-at-michigan-central-stat.html This week, Ford begins its renovation of 105-year-old Michigan Central Station in the historic Corktown neighborhood. In revitalizing this Detroit landmark into the centerpiece of a new campus, Ford seeks to shape the future of transportation. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/12/04/ford-begins-first-phase-of-construction-at-michigan-central-stat.html Tue, 4 Dec 2018 10:03:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/12/04/ford-begins-first-phase-of-construction-at-michigan-central-stat/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1544531624449.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/11/08/ford-selects-restoration-design-and-construction-partners.html Ford Motor Company is advancing its Corktown campus plans with the selection of its first architectural and construction partners that will work on restoring Michigan Central Station to its original grandeur. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/11/08/ford-selects-restoration-design-and-construction-partners.html Thu, 8 Nov 2018 10:24:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/11/08/ford-selects-restoration-design-and-construction-partners/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1541690870422.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/11/05/ford-f-series-and-history-launch-programming-event-truck-weekend-america.html Beginning Saturday, November 10, the HISTORY® channel and Ford F-Series are launching “Truck Weekend in America” – a six-hour prime-time programming event that puts the automaker at the center of original storytelling throughout the weekend. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/11/05/ford-f-series-and-history-launch-programming-event-truck-weekend-america.html Mon, 5 Nov 2018 15:22:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/11/05/ford-f-series-and-history-launch-programming-event-truck-weekend-america/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1541187159958.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/29/detroit--comeback-city--which-highlights-detroit-and-fords-michi.html This Sunday, July 1, The HISTORY Channel debuts a new documentary titled Detroit: Comeback City that charts the mutual rise, fall, and rise again of Detroit and Michigan Central Station – in the words of real Detroiters. The documentary airs at 9 p.m. eastern time. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/29/detroit--comeback-city--which-highlights-detroit-and-fords-michi.html Fri, 29 Jun 2018 12:48:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/29/detroit--comeback-city--which-highlights-detroit-and-fords-michi/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1530291326596.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/19/ford-acquires-iconic-michigan-central-station.html Ford has acquired the iconic Michigan Central Station and plans to transform it into the centerpiece of a vibrant new campus in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood that will serve as an innovation hub for Ford’s vision for the future of transportation. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/19/ford-acquires-iconic-michigan-central-station.html Tue, 19 Jun 2018 16:20:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/19/ford-acquires-iconic-michigan-central-station/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1582904285782.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/19/michigan-central-station-through-the-years.html Historical images of the Michigan Central Station. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/19/michigan-central-station-through-the-years.html Tue, 19 Jun 2018 12:13:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/06/19/michigan-central-station-through-the-years/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1544451239173.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/04/18/iconic-1968-ford-mustang-from-steve-mcqueen-film-bullitt-to-be-c.html Once considered lost forever, the original 1968 Ford Mustang GT from the Warner Bros. movie “Bullitt” is headed for Washington, D.C. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/04/18/iconic-1968-ford-mustang-from-steve-mcqueen-film-bullitt-to-be-c.html Wed, 18 Apr 2018 09:49:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2018/04/18/iconic-1968-ford-mustang-from-steve-mcqueen-film-bullitt-to-be-c/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1524063197732.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2017/08/15/ford-performance-offers-tribute-livery-historic-1967-le-mans-winner.html The 2018 Ford GT will be available in a new limited-edition Heritage theme honoring the GT40 Mark IV race car driven to victory by the all-American team of Dan Gurney and A.J. Foyt at Le Mans in 1967. The car will feature unique interior and exterior color themes, and an exclusive wheel finish. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2017/08/15/ford-performance-offers-tribute-livery-historic-1967-le-mans-winner.html Tue, 15 Aug 2017 16:46:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2017/08/15/ford-performance-offers-tribute-livery-historic-1967-le-mans-winner/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1503196586422.jpg https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2017/07/27/ford-celebrates-100-years-truck-history.html One hundred years ago today, Ford introduced its first purpose-built truck, the 1917 Ford Model TT, forever changing the auto industry – and the very nature of work itself. https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2017/07/27/ford-celebrates-100-years-truck-history.html Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:21:00 https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2017/07/27/ford-celebrates-100-years-truck-history/_jcr_content/image.img.306.172.jpg/1505849137178.jpg