Lincoln Motor Company

Lincoln Motor Company

Formerly	Lincoln Motor Company (1917–45) Lincoln-Mercury (1945–2012)[1]
Company type	Private (1917–22) Division (1922–present)[2]
Industry	Automotive
Founded	August 1917; 107 years ago (1917-08) (as "Lincoln Motor Company")[3]: 4
Founders	Henry M. Leland Wilfred Leland[3]: 4
Fate	Acquired by Ford in 1922, becoming a division of it
Headquarters	Dearborn, Michigan , U.S.
Area served	East Asia (China (except Hong Kong and Macau), South Korea) North America (United States, Canada, Mexico, Dominican Republic, Panama) Middle East (except Iran and Syria)[4]
Key people	Dianne Craig (President)[5]
Products	Luxury cars
Parent	Ford Motor Company (1922–present)[2]
Website	lincoln.com

The Lincoln Motor Company is an automobile company in the United States. It is a part of the Ford Motor Company that sells cars in North America. The current Lincoln cars in the United States include the Lincoln Nautilus, Lincoln Aviator, Lincoln Corsair, and the Lincoln Navigator.

Lincoln is the luxury brand of Ford. It makes upscale luxury vehicles. The company was founded by Henry M. Leland in 1917 as its own company. It was bought by Ford in 1922. The brand is named after Abraham Lincoln.

1. ↑ "A short history of the Mercury brand". Ford. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Davis, Michael W. R. (2002). Ford Dynasty: A Photographic History. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 54–55. ISBN 978-0-7385-2039-1. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Lincoln Motor Company Briefing Book (PDF). New York: Ford Motor Company. December 3, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2013. Retrieved December 3, 2012. 1917 August: After departing a management position at the Cadillac Division of General Motors, Henry Leland and his son Wilfred Leland form the Lincoln Motor Company, which produces aircraft engines to fill World War I government contracts.
4. ↑ "Our Brands: Lincoln Vehicles". Ford Motor Corporation. 2012. Archived from the original on April 28, 2014. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
5. ↑ "Joy Falotico" (Press release). Ford. Retrieved March 29, 2018.