Before the Model T grew to become a manufacturing actuality, Ford and his engineering group constructed round 20 prototypes earlier than debuting the automotive in 1908, naming every design after a letter of the alphabet. By the time the group had reached what would turn into the Model T, the revolutionary options they’d designed labored collectively to make it sturdy, dependable, and simple to function. The Ford Motor Company’s inside naming scheme caught, and Henry Ford agreed to the Model T manufacturing title — naming the automotive after the 20^th letter within the alphabet.

The Model T earned a set of nicknames since its debut — from Tin Lizzie to T Model — however what about its successor, the Model A? If the Model T was supposedly the 20^th prototype, why did not Henry Ford name his second manufacturing automotive the Model U as a substitute?

As it seems, the Model T’s successor was a clean-sheet design, and Ford needed a contemporary begin with the Model A. Ford bought three million Model A models by 1930, three years after its debut, and launched the Model B in 1927 earlier than abandoning the alphabet-based nomenclatures and debuting the Ford Model 18 and Model 40 by 1932. This, after all, would solely be the start of the various historic and iconic Ford models produced over the next century.