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C Many people believe Henry Ford invented the automobile (汽车). But Henry Ford did not start to build his first car until 1896. That was eleven years after two Germans developed the worlds first automobile. Many people believe Henry Ford invented the production line thatmoved a cars parts to the worker, instead of making the worker move to the parts. That is not true,either. Many factory owners used methods of this kind before Ford. What Henry Ford did was touse other peoples ideas and make them better. And he made the whole factory a movingproduction line. In the early days of the automobile, almost every earmaker raced his cars. It was the bestway of gaining public notice. Henry Ford decided to build a racing car. Fords most famous racewas his first one. It was also the last race in which he drove the car himself. The race was in 1901, ata field near Detroit. All of the most famous carshadentered, butonly two were left: the Winton and Fords. The Winton was famous for its speed. Most peoplethought the race was over before it began. The Winton took an early lead. But halfway through the race, it began to losepower. Fordstarted to gain. And near the end of the race, he took the lead. Ford won the race and defeated theWinton. His name appeared in newspapers and he became well-known all over the United States.Within weeks of the race, Henry Ford formed a new automobile company. In the 1903, a doctor inDetroit bought the first car from the company. That sale was the beginning of Henry Fords dream.Ford said: I will build a motor car for the great mass of people. It will be large enough for thefamily, but small enough for one person to operate and care for. It will be built of the bestmaterials. It will be built by the best men to be employed. And it will be built with the simplestplans that modem engineering can produce. It will be so low in pricethat no man making goodmoney will be unable to own one. The