Cadillac, formed the Lincoln Motor Company during World War I, in order to build Liberty aircraft engines. It was not until after the war that the factories were redesigned for car manufacturing.
During the transition from planes to autos, the company had severe financial issues, and in 1922 it was purchased by the Ford Motor Company, in a sort of financial act of revenge by Ford, who had been forced out of his second company by a group of investors led by Leland. (Ironically, Ford’s originally company, Cadillac, would eventually be purchased by GM, and become Lincoln’s chief rival.) Alongside Cadillac and Duesenberg, Lincoln became one of America’s top-selling luxury brands.

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