 The company was formed in Bordeaux as "Société Française des Automobiles Ford" in 1916 by Percival Perry, the head of Ford of Britain.Like other European Ford subsidiaries, Automobiles Ford initially assembled the Ford Model T and this continued at Bordeaux until 1925 and then at a workshop in the quai Aulagnier in Asnières-sur-Seine near Paris until 1927.Model As were made from 1927 to 1931 and Model Ys from 1932 to 1934.