William Clay “Invoice” Ford Jr. has been inducted into the Automotive Corridor of Fame, the Detroit-area shrine for distinguished auto business figures.
The nice-grandson of Ford founder Henry Ford, Invoice Ford has served as government chair of Ford since 1999, making him essentially the most distinguished member of the Ford household with a seamless position on the automaker. He held lower-level positions inside Ford earlier than taking up the manager chair position.
1903 Ford Mannequin A Rear Entry Tonneau and Invoice Ford, Jr.
Ford additionally turn into CEO of the household automaker after the ouster of Jacques Nasser in 2001. He held that title till 2006, when former Boeing government Alan Mulally changed him. The transfer was broadly credited with serving to flip Ford round, with Mulally subsequently implementing insurance policies that helped the automaker higher climate the 2008 monetary disaster.
Positioned subsequent to the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, the Automotive Corridor of Fame was based in 1939 to honor people who’ve had a major impression on the auto business. Different latest inductees embrace Ferruccio Lamborghini, designers Sergio Pininfarina and Nuccio Bertone, and Honda co-founder Takeo Fujisawa—the driving pressure behind Honda’s entry into the U.S. market.
Invoice Ford Jr. is inducted into the Automotive Corridor of Fame (credit score: Ford / Charlotte Smith)
The Automotive Corridor of Fame’s 2024 induction ceremony came about September 19 at Michigan Central Station, a Detroit landmark that the Ford spent a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of {dollars} to revive.
Different inductees for 2024 embrace: Betsy Ancker-Johnson, the primary girl Vice President within the auto business, aftermarket pioneers Vic Edelbrock Sr. and Vic Edelbrock Jr., Wendell Scott Sr., the primary African-American to win a NASCAR race, John A. James, who broke limitations for African-People within the trucking business, and Vivek Sehgal, founding father of auto-parts agency Motherson Group.
