Jones Ford history

Fred Jones dealerships celebrate total sales since 1920 of 304,756 automobiles for $556,948,997.

Ford acquired the Lincoln Motor Company in 1922 and began producing and selling the Lincoln brand.

By 1926 programs such as all-night service, low payment plans, and a used-car program established Jones as the largest Ford dealer in the Southwest.

In September 1938 four men began reconditioning engines and component parts in a four-hundred-square-foot corner of the service department of Jones's Oklahoma City dealership.

In 1947 he opened a new assembly plant in downtown Oklahoma City to rebuild Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury products.

In 1955 he was the nation's number-one seller of Ford cars and trucks, operating ten dealerships.

The Ford Mustang was successfully introduced in 1964 and remains a success today.

In 1968 Jones acquired and remodeled the old Ford assembly plant and moved his remanufacturing company to its four-story building.

Involved in every aspect of the automotive parts industry including remanufacturing, distribution, and servicing vehicles, Jones died on June 1, 1971, in Oklahoma City.

Ford continued to revolutionize the automobile industry with the addition of new and improved vehicles such as the Fiesta and Taurus and helped launch the sport utility vehicle in the United States in 1990 with the Ford Explorer.

By 1993 Fred Jones Industries, the parent firm composed of dealerships, automotive groups, and an electronics business, opened a second plant, in Bethany, Oklahoma, to rebuild General Motors transmission assemblies and electromechanical products.

The company forms Fred Jones of Europe, Inc. and acquires majority ownership of a German manufacturing Company (sold in 1994).

In December 1996 Fred Jones Industries was the first Oklahoma company to receive the "Big Three" automakers' quality certification, the prestigious designation of QS-9000.

A head to head comparison of a 2021 Ford EcoSport to a 2021 Kia Sportage in Ergonomics near Verde Valley, AZ.