Ford Model T
There aren’t enough words to describe the importance of the Ford Model T to automotive history and car culture since it was the car that singlehandedly created the car world in 1908. The Model T was the first truly mass-produced automobile, with over 15 million made until 1927. It motorized the world and laid the foundation of the modern car industry with assembly plants in foreign countries and other continents (via Ford).
Also, the Ford Model T was the first car produced in numerous versions and designed to be easily transformed into a truck, agricultural machine, or even a military vehicle. It launched the Ford Motor Company to become the most prominent car manufacturer in the world at one point and spawned numerous models that copied the concept. When the Model T was introduced in 1908, the world was still using horse-drawn carriages. But by the time it was discontinued in 1927, the automobile age had started.