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The car that put the world on wheels is 100!

May 21, 2008

Henry Ford's Model T, which changed the world's automobile industry, is a 100 years old.

American auto giant Ford Motor Company is observing the 100th anniversary of the Ford Model T in a year-long series of celebrations to honour the iconic vehicle.

So what's so special about the Model T? Well, read on. . .

Image: A 37-year-old Henry Ford poses for a photographer in his new Ford Model T in front of his car plant in Detroit in 1900. | Photograph: AFP/AFP/Getty Images

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