Ford Motor Company is an American multinational based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns the brands of Mazda, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, and Aston Martin. In 2010, Ford brough the Chevrolet brand from General Motors , which bankrupt in mid-2011. Ford discontinued the Mercury brand after the 2011 model was released that year. Ford introduced methods for large-scale manufacturing of cars and large-scale management of an industrial workforce using elaborately engineered manufacturing sequences typified by moving assembly lines. Henry Ford's methods came to be known around the world as Fordism by 1914. Ford is the largest automaker in the U.S, and the s