Frthr re Securities Offering

Ford Motor Co
17 January 2002



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FORD MOTOR COMPANY FILES FOR TRUST PREFERRED CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES OFFERING

DEARBORN, Mich., Jan. 17 - Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) announced that it is 
today filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission an amendment to its 
universal 'shelf' registration statement, which will include a prospectus 
supplement for its offering of trust preferred convertible securities. Last week
Ford announced plans to publicly offer for sale approximately $3 billion of 
convertible trust preferred securities, convertible into Ford common stock.

A 'roadshow' for the offering will commence tomorrow. Pricing of the securities 
is expected to occur next week and settlement the following week.

The securities will be offered by Ford and the proceeds from the offering will 
be used by Ford for general corporate purposes.

The managing underwriters for the offering will be Goldman, Sachs & Co., JP 
Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Salomon Smith Barney.

A prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from:

Ford Motor Company
One American Road
Dearborn, MI 48126
Attention: Shareholder Relations Department
 

Ford Motor Company is the world's second largest automaker, selling vehicles in 
200 markets and with approximately 345,000 employees on six continents. Its 
automotive brands include Aston Martin, Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Lincoln, 
Mazda, Mercury and Volvo. Its automotive related services include Ford Credit, 
Hertz and Quality Care.



A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with the 
Securities and Exchange Commission but has not yet become effective. These 
securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time 
the registration statement becomes effective. This press release shall not 
constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall 
there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, 
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification 
under the securities laws of any such state.