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The Lincoln Motor Company was founded in 1917 by Henry M. Leland. Leland was one of the founders of Cadillac, which was originally the Henry Ford Company (Henry Ford's second car company). He left the Cadillac division of General Motors during World War I to form the Lincoln Motor Company and build Liberty aircraft engines for the war effort. In the postwar era Lincoln retooled to manufacture luxury automobiles. Lincoln struggled through financial hardship during the transition, and was soon purchased by Ford Motor Company in 1922, which still owns and manufactures cars under the Lincoln marque in its Lincoln-Mercury division. Aquiring Lincoln was a personal triumph for Henry Ford who had been forced out of his second company (Henry Ford Company) by a group of investors under Leland's advice. Ford's original company, Detroit Automobile Company, which was later renamed Cadillac, was purchased by rival General Motors and become Lincoln's chief competitor. Lincoln quickly became one of America's top selling luxury brands alongside Cadillac and Packard.
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