The day the car for normal people was made – level 3

01-10-1908

It is the year 1908, almost a quarter of a century since the German designer Karl Benz introduced the world’s first car.

Despite this, only wealthy people or car racers can afford to own a car. However, all of that is about to change right now.

It’s Thursday, October 1, 1908, and Henry Ford is launching his Ford Model T. 35-year-old American businessman Henry Ford has long been obsessed with the idea that almost everyone would have a car one day.

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

By the end of its production in 1927, an incredible 15 million units of this model had been sold.

Difficult words: quarter (1/4), despite (opposite to), can afford (to have enough money), launch (to start), be obsessed (to think about something all the time).

What sparked Henry Ford's obsession with making cars affordable for everyone and how did the launch of the Ford Model T revolutionize the auto industry?

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