The day the car for normal people was made – level 2

01-10-1908

It is the year 1908. It is twenty-three years after Karl Benz made the world’s first car in Germany. After such a long time, only very rich people can buy a car. This situation will change very soon.

It’s Thursday, October 1, 1908, and Henry Ford makes his Ford Model T. 35-year-old American businessman Henry Ford had this plan for a long time. He wanted to make a car which normal people could buy.

The Ford T is cheap. It costs only $850 and in some time the price goes down to $300. That’s the money which a regular worker at a Ford factory makes in just 3 months.

The production of this car stops in 1927. It is a very popular car. People buy 15 million units of this car.

Difficult words: regular (normal), just (only), unit (one copy).

What was the significance of Henry Ford's Ford Model T in the year 1908 and how did it change the accessibility of cars for ordinary people?

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