Executive Appointment

Ford Motor Co
30 March 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FORD ANNOUNCES GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS VICE PRESIDENTS

DEARBORN, Mich, March 30 - Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced today its 
Board of Directors has elected Stephen E. Biegun as a corporate officer of the 
company and vice president of International Governmental Affairs, effective 
April 19.

Separately, the company also announced the appointment of Dan R. Brouillette as 
vice president of Washington Affairs, effective April 1, and the promotion of 
John Bozzella to vice president, Public Policy and State Governmental Affairs.

Biegun, 40, served most recently as national security advisor to Senate Majority 
Leader Bill Frist, M.D., and, prior to that, as a senior deputy to National 
Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice. In this new role for Ford, Biegun will oversee 
all aspects of Ford's international governmental affairs and will report to 
Ziad S. Ojakli, the company's group vice president of Corporate Affairs. A 
graduate of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Biegun also has served as 
chief of staff and principal foreign and economic policy advisor to the chairman 
of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He is fluent in Russian.

Brouillette, 41, served most recently as the majority staff director on the U.S. 
House of Representatives' Committee on Energy and Commerce, directing and 
supervising all legislative and political strategy. Previously, he served as 
Assistant Secretary of Energy from 2001 through 2003, heading the department's 
advocacy on energy policy, national security, research and development, and 
environmental management issues. A graduate of the University of Maryland,
Brouillette also is a former U.S. Army tank commander and reserve drill 
instructor. Brouillette succeeds Janet Mullins-Grissom and will report to Ojakli.

Bozzella's promotion comes after a 10-year career at Ford. He most recently 
served as executive director of governmental affairs and previously served as 
executive director, Office of the Chairman. Prior to his Ford career, Bozzella, 
42, served as director of state legislative affairs for the City of New York's 
Office of the Mayor. Prior to that, he worked for the United Federation of 
Teachers as political director and legislative representative. Bozzella, a 
graduate of Cornell University, will also report to Ojakli.

'Steve, Dan and John give our Corporate Affairs team the valuable foreign policy 
and domestic policy experience that a major multinational company demands,' 
Ojakli said. 'We look forward to the contributions they will make to Ford's 
governmental affairs going forward.'

Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., 
manufactures and distributes automobiles in 200 markets across six continents. 
With more than 328,000 employees worldwide, the company's automotive brands 
include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, Mazda, Mercury and 
Volvo. Its automotive-related services include Ford Credit, Quality Care and 
Hertz. Ford Motor Company celebrated its 100th anniversary on June 16, 2003.


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