<P> Although automobiles had already existed for decades , they were still mostly scarce , expensive , and unreliable at the Model T 's introduction in 1908 . Positioned as reliable , easily maintained , mass - market transportation , it was a runaway success . In a matter of days after the release , 15,000 orders were placed . The first production Model T was produced on August 12 , 1908 and left the factory on September 27 , 1908 , at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit , Michigan . On May 26 , 1927 , Henry Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park , Michigan . </P>
<P> Although automobiles had already existed for decades , they were still mostly scarce , expensive , and unreliable at the Model T 's introduction in 1908 . Positioned as reliable , easily maintained , mass - market transportation , it was a runaway success . In a matter of days after the release , 15,000 orders were placed . The first production Model T was produced on August 12 , 1908 and left the factory on September 27 , 1908 , at the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit , Michigan . On May 26 , 1927 , Henry Ford watched the 15 millionth Model T Ford roll off the assembly line at his factory in Highland Park , Michigan . </P>
when was the first ford model t made
when was the first ford model t made
August 12 , 1908
August 12 , 1908