Definition of "Ford"

They have a Ford car now, and she don't seem so far away from me as she used to.

1918, Willa Cather, My Antonia

There were several of us and we had a little caravan — the Lanchester, a Packard, and a Ford or two.

1922, Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther, My Life and Work, Garden City, New York: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.

It is easy to see why the modern car manufacturer does not enjoy the eminence of a Ford or an Olds.

1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society, page 141

It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

1972, “Take It Easy”, performed by Eagles

Why don't you go round the country with a Ford van, preaching on market days?

1995, Stella Gibbons, Cold Comfort Farm, page 90

Unless, of course, he limped away, not sauntered off, maybe dragged himself to a hospital, maybe got out okay, maybe died, far from anything to tie him to a Ford extra cab, far from any ties to hometown news.

2000, Catherine Ryan Hyde, Pay It Forward, page 24

And they can also live in a bigger house and drive something a little fancier than a Chevy or a Ford.

2001, Bernard Goldberg, Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes how the Media Distort the News, page 174

But if he had a Ford automobile, he could simply telephone the garage, and--...We didn't need a Ford motorcar.

2003, Lois Lowry, The Silent Boy, page 140

Elmore Leonard is as dependable as a Ford used to be and as knowing as a New York fashion designer.

1989, Elmore Leonard, Killshot

When she spotted her stepfather coming towards her she had pulled over and Wodehouse crossed over to greet her, noticing too late that she was being followed by a Ford, which swerved to avoid the Buick.

2004, Robert McCrum, Wodehouse: A Life, page 154

A Ford dealer in Saudi Arabia repeatedly warned the automaker the same year that Firestone tires were failing on Explorers....A Ford memo in March 1999 said that Firestone's legal staff did not want to to replace tires in Saudi Arabia for fear that doing so would require Firestone to notify NHTSA, and added that a Ford lawyer had worries "similar to the Firestone concerns."

2004, Keith Bradsher, High and Mighty: The Dangerous Rise of the SUV, page 304

He is disturbed not by the crass materialism of his life but by the fact that he is still driving a Ford when he could and should be driving a Porsche.

2005, William Braxton Irvine, On Desire: Why We Want What We Want, page 26

I remembered too late that Honey should probably drive a cute little Mini or a Ford Fiesta or some such. Damn.

2006, Hester Browne, The Little Lady Agency, page 59