Ford Rolls Out Its First Vehicle From the New Cologne-Niehl Plant
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCEWikipedia's[2] Ford Germany article states the Cologne plant began production on 4 May 1931, after Henry Ford and Konrad Adenauer laid the foundation stone on 2 October 1930.
Ford-Werke produced its first vehicle, a Model A-based truck, at the new Cologne-Niehl plant, the German headquarters Henry Ford himself helped establish with Mayor Konrad Adenauer the year before. The site grew into the mini-city-sized mega factory shown in this documentary.
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