Driving a 1914 Model T Will Reteach You How to Use a Car
In which our critic braves 12-degree weather to get schooled by an automotive icon.
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Starting in 1908, Henry Ford sold his novel Model T cars as the first to be really accessible to the masses. Priced at the time around $500 (he eventually got the price down to near $200, which is about $5,000 in today's dollars), they fell into a budget bracket that a farmer or a carpenter could afford.
What’s more, he marketed his cars as easy to drive—way more accessible to casual drivers and (gasp!) women since later models started with a button rather than a crank.