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Henry Ford was the first person to build cars which were cheap, strong and fast. He was able to sell millions of models because he mass produced them; i.e. he made great many cars of exactly the same type. Ford's father hoped that his son would become a farmer, but the young man did not like the idea and he went to Detroit where he worked as a machine. by the age of 29 , in 1892 ,he had built his first car. However , the first mass-produced car in the world , famous Model T , did not appear until 1908 - five years after Ford had started his great Motor company. This car proved to be so popular that it remained unchanged for twenty years. Since Ford's time , mass produced methods have become common in industry and have reduced the price of many articles which would otherwise by very expensive.