Alejandro de TomasoAlejandro de Tomaso (10 July 1928 in Buenos Aires – 21 May 2003 in Modena, Italy) was an Argentine racing driver and businessman. His name is sometimes seen in an Italianised form as Alessandro de Tomaso. He participated in two Formula One World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 13 January 1957, but scored no championship points. He later founded the Italian sports car company De Tomaso Automobili in 1959.
De TomasoDe Tomaso Automobili Ltd. (previously known as De Tomaso Modena SpA) is an Italian car-manufacturing company. It was founded in 1959 by the Argentine Alejandro de Tomaso in Modena. It originally produced various sports prototypes and auto racing vehicles, including a Formula One car for Frank Williams Racing Cars in 1970.
Ford Motor CompanyThe Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford, sometimes abbreviated as FoMoCo) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand.
Ford of EuropeAutomotive manufacturing subsidiary of Ford Motor Company Ford of Europe GmbHTypeSubsidiaryIndustryAutomotiveFounded1967; 59 years ago (1967), in Cork IrelandHeadquarters Cologne, GermanyNumber of locationsSeven manufacturing facilities in five countriesArea servedEuropeKey peopleChristian Weingaertner (General Manager of Passenger Vehicles, of Ford Europe)ProductsAutomobilesNumber of employees29,100 (2023)ParentFord Motor Company(1967–present)DivisionsTrustFordSubsidiaries Henry Ford & Son Ltd. Ford-Werke GmbH Ford of Britain Ford España Ford France Ford Italia Ford Romania Ford Otosan (41%) Websiteford.eu Ford of Europe GmbH is a subsidiary company of the Ford Motor Company founded in 1967 in Cork, Ireland, with headquarters in Cologne, Germany.
Ford EdgeThe Ford Edge is a crossover SUV manufactured and marketed by the Ford Motor Company introduced for the 2007 model year as the first mid-size CUV marketed by Ford in North America. Deriving its name from a trim package of the Ford Ranger, the Ford Edge is positioned between the Ford Escape and the Ford Explorer within the Ford product line.
CoachbuilderA coachbuilder is a person or organization that manufactures bodies for passenger-carrying vehicles. The trade of producing coachwork began with bodies for horse-drawn vehicles. Today it includes custom automobiles, buses, motor coaches, and railway carriages. The word "coach" was derived from the Hungarian town of Kocs.
Ford MondeoThe Ford Mondeo is a mid-size/large family car (D-segment) that was manufactured and marketed by Ford across five generations of models from 1993 to 2022. As a self-declared world car, the Mondeo was intended to consolidate the European Sierra, the Telstar in Asia and Australia, and the Tempo/Mercury Topaz in North America.
EuropeContinentEurope is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the to the south, and Asia to the east. Europe shares the landmass of Eurasia with Asia, and of Afro-Eurasia with both Africa and Asia.
BrandA brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's goods or service from those of other sellers. Brands are studied in business, marketing, and advertising and used for recognition and, importantly, to create and store value as brand equity for the object identified, to the benefit of the brand's customers, its owners and shareholders. Brand names are sometimes distinguished from generic or store brands.
TurinCity in Piedmont, ItalyComune in Piedmont, ItalyTurin (Italian: Torino) is a city and a business and cultural centre in northernItaly. It is the capital and largest city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin. From 1861 to 1865, it was the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The city is mainly on the western bank of the River Po, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alpine arch and Superga hill.
Luxury carMarketing term for a highly comfortable vehicleRolls-Royce Phantom V (1959–1968)A luxury car is a passenger automobile providing superior comfort levels, features, and equipment. More expensive materials and surface finishes are used, and buyers expect a correspondingly high build quality. The term is relative and unavoidably subjective, reflecting both objective qualities of a car and the projected and perceived image of the vehicle's marque.
CarMotorised passenger road vehicleA car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat 1–8 people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people rather than cargo. There are over 1.6 billion cars in use worldwide as of 2025.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.