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Ford’s Dagenham factory was one of the key car-making centres in Britain for about 70 years, well-known for mass-producing a series of popular cars that have earned it a distinctive place in British motoring history. The factory also dominates the economic and working life of the Dagenham area.
David Burgess-Wise’s illustrated story gives a fascinating behind-the-scenes insight into the techniques of automotive design and engineering at Dagenham. He tells the story of the fluctuating fortunes of the company and provides a revealing account of the relationship between Dagenham and the American headquarters of Ford at Dearborn.
His book is a fascinating record of car production techniques and processes at Ford as they have evolved over the years, and it offers an intimate portrait of the people who have worked at Dagenham, and depended on it for their livelihood, for generations.

The latest edition of The Ford in Britain File is a fully-illustrated car-by-car account of Ford models sold in Britain from the dawn of the twentieth century onwards, culminating with the 2007 Paris Mondeo. It includes a history and detailed chronology of the company and its many achievements, including lesser known events from Ford's British history, such as Ford's ascents of Ben Nevis and Sir Malcolm Campbell's appointment as a director. Written by esteemed motoring historian, Eric Dymock, the book is lavishly illustrated, with many photographs coming from Ford's own archives, and all elegantly presented. "Nicely printed and running to over 500 pages, it's an authoritive guide to an amazing model history" Octane magazine

This book is a celebration of 100 years of the Ford motor company and is a fascinating record of this global manufacturing giant. There is a gallery of great cars from the Ford family, past and present to view and enjoy, as well as a considerable amount of useful information. This book should appeal to everyone from the car buff, history lover, student of business and popular culture and certainly every Ford fan.

This is the definitive history of the hugely successful model which stayed in production for five generations, enjoyed great success in motor racing and rallying and redefined the family car. In the 1960s, the Cortina was an entirely new type of British car, light yet strong, cheap to buy, yet roomy. It established a new class of car - the 'Cortina Class' - and Ford's rivals had to rush to compete. Not only was the Cortina the first, it was the best, too. It was a  fascinating, ever-evolving project around which Ford-Europe's planning always revolved. Here, for the first time in a book, are all the facts, figures, images and legends of the Cortina story.