General Corporate Timeline
- 1913: Ford entered the Argentine market, first Latin-Americans branch and the second one in the world after England.
- 1917: The importation of dismantled cars to be assembled in Buenos Aires begins.
- 1925: The first Latin-American Ford plant is inaugurated with the production of the model "T".
- 1927: 100,000 Model T's produced in La Boca plant.
- 1928: The "A" model, is launched.
- 1932: Ford V8 is launched and assembled until 1942
- 1945-1947: Ford began assembly after the war.
- 1957: F-Series Pickup Truck assembled in La Boca plant.
- 1961: F-600 truck and B-600 bus chassis are produced.
- 1961: Production of the Ford Falcon began at the Boca site.
- 1962: Pacheco Assembly and Stamping Plant are started.
- 1961-1991: Falcon manufactured and sold in Argentina.
- 1962: F-Series Truck manufactured in Pacheco plant.
- 1965: Henry Ford Technical School established.
- 1967: Ford purchased Metcon Foundry and Transax Transmission plants.
- 1967: Ford Fairlane manufactured and sold in Argentina.
- 1974: Ford Taunus is launched.
- 1977-1984: Ford attained market leadership in total vehicles, peaked at 38% in 1982.
- 1979: Ford Falcon becomes Argentina's top selling car with 28,522 units sold, accomplishment repeated six times.
- 1982: Truck Assembly plant inaugurated.
- 1982: 1,000,000 units delivered with Ford Taunus / Ford leads with a 38% market penetration.
- 1984: Ford Sierra is launched.
- 1987: Ford and Volkswagen formed Autolatina Joint Venture. / Ford Escort is launched.
- 1991: Ford Falcon ends production after a record 30-year run, 490,000+ produced.
- 1994-1995: All Ford Argentina facilities achieve Q1.
- 1994: Ford Orion is launched.
- 1975-1995: Ford has been market leader in trucks for 20 consecutive years.
- 1995: Autolatina Joint Venture dissolved. / Truck Plant and Transax transferred to Volkswagen.
- 1996: Ford Argentina S.A. reestablished. / ISO9002 certification achieved. / Ford Ranger production started.
- 1997: Ford elected "The Brand of the Century" in Argentina. / Ford leads in exports.
- 1998: 2,000,000 units delivered.
- 1999: Ford Argentina facilities achieved ISO 14001.
- 2000: Focus local production started. / Focus elected "The car of the Year" in Argentina. / Ford began selling Mazda products in Argentina as a separate brand.
- 2001: Ford starts to sell Volvo and Land Rover products in Argentina as separate brands.
- 2007: Ford invests US$156.5m in Pacheco facility
- 2010: Ford Focus 2, Ford Sigma, Ford Kuga and new Ford Ecosport y Fiesta are launched.
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