DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford Motor Co. is taking a drive down the road in a couple of months.

The venerable carmaker is moving its headquarters for the first time in seven decades, moving to a newly constructed building 3 miles away in its longtime home of Dearborn, Michigan.

The new 2.1-million-square-foot structure formally will be called “Ford World Headquarters” when it opens in November. It is part of a larger campus that will take the name of the current HQ: Henry Ford II World Center. Henry Ford II was the grandson of company founder Henry Ford and the uncle of Bill Ford, the automaker’s current executive chairman.

Ford’s current headquarters, at 1 American Road in Dearborn and colloquially called “The Glass House,” opened in 1956. Ford said it was one of the nation’s largest office bu

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