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Jake Jordan Professor Hinson English 1301-104 11 Oct. 2017 Ford Trucks Are Better Trucks are a big deal in the United States. They can be seen everywhere. They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Many people have their favorite brand over another. This argument essay will discuss why Ford trucks are better than the competitor. Ford is well known for their vehicles and quality. The car company was founded on June 16, 1903. Henry Ford is the founding father of the company. Dearborn, Michigan…

Interview: Steve Plunkett Steve Plunkett is a true collector car hobbyist. Not only does he own one of the largest Cadillac collections in all of North America, he is also the founder of one of Canada’s largest car shows - the Fleetwood Country Cruize In. On average, the Cruize In brings together 25,000 people, and has managed to raise exactly $1,532,000 for charity. As Steve jokes, “for a goofy car show, that’s a lot”. I had the pleasure of sitting down with him and chatting about his…

The documentary, Roger and Me, directed, produced, and starred Michael Moore was about his journey to explain what happened to General Motors in Flint, Michigan. The film includes interviews from different people living in Flint that were affected by the closing of the factories and businessmen of General Motors. Moore also shows how Roger Smith, the CEO of General Motors, wouldn’t want to speak about the issue in Flint and how his choices were affected the daily lives of so many families that…

Company produced 1,700 cars during its first full year of business. Henry Ford produced the Model T to be an economical car for the average American. By 1920 Ford sold over a million cars. At the beginning of the century the automobile entered the transportation market as a toy for the rich. Honda City is a compact car which has been produced by the Japanese manufacturer Divyam Malik and Dev Batra Honda since 1981. Originally made for the Japanese, European and Australasian markets, the…

In the Novel Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow we are given much historical insight on the changes affecting the United States during the late 1800s and early 1900s. These changes are not only shown through the context of the novel, but through the three families and individual characters represented in the book. Characters react to the changing environment around them in many different ways. Some changes affecting characters in good ways and some in not so good ways. Doctorow shows many social changes…

Paul Walker's daughter, Meadow Walker, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that manufactured the car her father died in. Two years after his accident, "The Fast and Furious" star's daughter is suing Porsche, stating that the vehicle he was traveling in was unsafe and lacked certain safety features she believes could have saved her father and his friend Roger Rodas. According to TMZ, copies of the suit state that Walker's car lacked important safety features that could have…

the late 1960’s Japan and Germany were producing numerous vehicles to compete against American made cars. Ford motor company wanted to produce a subcompact car to meet the threat from abroad head on so Ford came up with the Ford Pinto. These cars were made to be affordable and domestic, in order for a large quantity of Americans to be able to afford them. To accelerate product production Ford “decided to compress the normal drafting board to showroom time of about three and a half years into…

Ford was a very successful man, as you all may know or not he was a very good engineer which led him to his amazing company. Henry Ford helped society by making and designing cars, as he also followed in his father’s footsteps. As we can imagine all the hard work and dedication Henry Ford must of put into all these cars, trucks, and jeeps that we so thankfully drive today Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1836 in a clearing in Michigan woods. They had came from Ireland (Lacey 4). Ford was only a…

Looking Back: Caterpillar's First Motor Grader Caterpillar first became involved in the motor grader industry in 1926, when the Russell Grader Manufacturing Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota released a grader featuring a 2-ton Caterpillar crawler tractor. This grader – called No.4 Auto Patrol – which was rated at 27 horsepower, and had hand-operated blade controls – sold successfully. As a result of No.4 Auto Patrol's sales success, the Russell Grader Manufacturing Company developed another…

Industrial Revolution was the greatest positive reform in American society. Some of the most well known people in history made a huge impact during the Industrial Revolution. For example Henry Ford created the assembly line which allowed automobiles to be produced quicker and made traveling cost a lot less and become more convenient. Another example is Thomas Edison who made electricity available to us. Although the Industrial Revolution helped other countries. It had the greatest impact in…