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                                                           REGISTRATION NO. 33-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                             ______________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             ______________________

                             FORD MOTOR COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               DELAWARE                             38-0549190
  (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
   incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)  
                                        
     

             THE AMERICAN ROAD
             DEARBORN, MICHIGAN                       48121-1899
  (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)

                                                                    
                           ______________________

       FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                        (Full title of the Plan)
                           ______________________
                         
                           J. M. RINTAMAKI, Esq.
                            FORD MOTOR COMPANY
                              P. O. Box 1899
                            THE AMERICAN ROAD
                      DEARBORN, MICHIGAN  48121-1899
                              (313) 323-2260
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                           ______________________

                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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                                                       PROPOSED
                                        PROPOSED       MAXIMUM
                                        MAXIMUM        AGGREGATE
TITLE OF SECURITIES   AMOUNT TO BE   OFFERING PRICE    OFFERING       AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED      REGISTERED       PER SHARE*       PRICE*     REGISTRATION FEE
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<S>                    <C>             <C>            <C>             <C> 
Common Stock,          25,000          $27.5625       $689,062.50      $237.61
$1.00 par value        shares            
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* Based on the market price of Common Stock of the Company on December 5,
  1994, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.

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          FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

                             ______________________


               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:

                 (a)  The latest annual report of Ford Motor Company ("Ford")
         filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
         Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") which contains, either directly or
         indirectly by incorporation by reference, certified financial
         statements for Ford's latest fiscal year for which such statements
         have been filed.

                 (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
         annual report referred to in paragraph (a) above.

                 (c)  The description of Ford's Common Stock contained in
         registration statement no. 2-50792 filed by Ford under the Securities
         Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act").

         All documents subsequently filed by Ford pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides as
follows:

         145.    Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents;
                 insurance -

                 (a)  A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a 
         party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending 
         or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, 
         administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the 
         right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a 
         director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was 
         serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, 
         employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, 
         trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'fees),
         judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
         incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if 
         he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in 
         or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with 
         respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause 
         to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, 
         suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon 
         a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, 
         create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in





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         a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the   
         best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal 
         action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct 
         was unlawful.

                 (b)  A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
         party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
         or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to
         procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or
         was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
         or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
         officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
         venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
         attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
         with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
         good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
         opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no
         indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
         as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
         corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery
         or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
         upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
         view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
         reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of
         Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

                 (c)  To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent
         of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
         defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections
         (a) and (b), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
         shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
         actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

                 (d)  Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this
         section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation
         only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
         indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper
         in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
         conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.  Such
         determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote of the directors
         who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such
         there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by
         independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
         stockholders.

                 (e)  Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
         officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative,
         or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the
         corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit
         or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
         director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
         determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
         corporation as authorized in this Section.  Such expenses (including
         attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid
         upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the board of directors
         deems appropriate.

                 (f)  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
         by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section
         shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
         seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled
         under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
         directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and
         as to action in another capacity while holding such office.





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                 (g)  A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
         insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
         employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
         request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
         of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by
         him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
         whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
         against such liability under the provisions of this section.

                 (h)  For purposes of this Section, references to "the
         corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation,
         any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
         constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its
         separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority
         to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that
         any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
         such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
         such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
         of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of
         this Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as
         he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its
         separate existence had continued.

                 (i)  For purposes of this Section, references to "other
         enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to
         "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
         respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the
         request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director,
         officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on,
         or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent
         with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or
         beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he
         reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
         beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have
         acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
         corporation" as referred to in this section.

                 (j)  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
         by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise
         provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
         ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
         the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
         person.

         The Certificate of Incorporation of Ford includes the following
provisions:




                     LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS;
                         INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.


         5.1.  LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS.   A director of the
corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability

                 (i)  for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
         corporation or its stockholders,





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                 (ii)  for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
         intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,

                (iii)  under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
         Law or

                 (iv)  for any transaction from which the director derived an
         improper personal benefit.

         If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after approval by
the stockholders of this subsection 5.1 of Article NINTH to authorize corporate
action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors,
then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or
limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, as so amended.

         5.2.  EFFECT OF ANY REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF SUBSECTION 5.1.  Any
repeal or modification of subsection 5.1 of this Article NINTH by the
stockholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.

         5.3.  INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.

         5.3a.  RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION.   Each person who was or is made a
party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
otherwise (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she,
or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a
director, officer or employee of the corporation or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer or employee of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of
such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director,
officer or employee or in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer or employee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation
to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to
provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the corporation
to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss
(including penalties, fines, judgments, attorneys' fees, amounts paid or to be
paid in settlement and excise taxes or penalties imposed on fiduciaries with
respect to (i) employee benefit plans, (ii) charitable organizations or (iii)
similar matters) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased
to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of his or
her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that the
corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person (other
than pursuant to subsection 5.3b of this Article NINTH) only if such proceeding
(or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation.
The right to indemnification conferred in this subsection 5.3a of Article NINTH
shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the
corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance
of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General
Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director
or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any
other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a
director or officer, including without limitation, service to an employee
benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made
only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of
such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be
indemnified under this subsection 5.3a of Article NINTH or otherwise.





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         5.3b.  RIGHT OF CLAIMANT TO BRING SUIT.  If a claim which the
corporation is obligated to pay under subsection 5.3a of this Article NINTH is
not paid in full by the corporation within 60 days after a written claim has
been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also
the expense of prosecuting such claim.  It shall be a defense to any such
action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred
in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the
required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the corporation)
that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it
permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the corporation to
indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such
defense shall be on the corporation.  Neither the failure of the corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances
because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of
conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

         5.3c.  MISCELLANEOUS.  The provisions of this Section 5.3 of Article
NINTH shall cover claims, actions, suits and proceedings, civil or criminal,
whether now pending or hereafter commenced, and shall be retroactive to cover
acts or omissions or alleged acts or omissions which heretofore have taken
place.  If any part of this Section 5.3 of Article NINTH should be found to be
invalid or ineffective in any proceeding, the validity and effect of the
remaining provisions shall not be affected.

         5.3d.  NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS.   The right to indemnification and
the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its
final disposition conferred in this Section 5.3 of Article NINTH shall not be
exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

         5.3e.  INSURANCE.   The corporation may maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

         5.3f.  INDEMNIFICATION OF AGENTS OF THE CORPORATION.  The corporation
may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors,
grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the corporation the
expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition, to any agent of the corporation to the fullest extent of the
provisions of this Section 5.3 of Article NINTH with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors, officers and
employees of the corporation.

         Pursuant to underwriting agreements filed as exhibits to registration
statements relating to underwritten offerings of securities issued or
guaranteed by Ford, the underwriters have agreed to indemnify Ford, each
officer and director of Ford and each person, if any, who controls Ford within
the meaning of the 1933 Act, against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the 1933 Act.





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         Pursuant to most of Ford's employee benefit plans including the
Supplemental Compensation Plan, the Savings and Stock Investment Plan, the
Long-Term Incentive Plans and the Stock Option Plans, directors, officers and
employees of Ford are indemnified against all loss, cost, liability or expense
resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which such persons are
involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under such plans.

         Ford is insured for liabilities it may incur pursuant to its
Certificate of Incorporation relating to the indemnification of its directors,
officers and employees.  In addition, directors, officers and certain key
employees are insured against certain losses which may arise out of their
employment and which are not recoverable under the indemnification provisions
of Ford's Certificate of Incorporation.


ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.


EXHIBIT 4.1         -      Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried
                           Retirement Savings Plan.  Filed with this
                           Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.2         -      Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective as of
                           September 1, 1994 between Ford Microelectronics,
                           Inc.  and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with
                           this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.3         -      Adoption Agreement effective as of September 1, 1994
                           between Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica
                           Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with this Registration
                           Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.1         -      Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, an Assistant Secretary
                           and Associate Counsel of Ford Motor Company, with
                           respect to the legality of the securities being
                           registered hereunder.  Filed with this Registration
                           Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.2         -      Opinion of William J. Rooney, an Associate Counsel
                           of Ford Motor Company, with respect to compliance
                           requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
                           Security Act of 1974.  Filed with this Registration
                           Statement.

EXHIBIT 15          -      Letter from Independent Certified Public Accountants
                           regarding unaudited interim financial information.
                           Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 23          -      Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants.
                           Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.1        -      Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed
                           with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.2        -      Certified resolutions of Board of Directors
                           authorizing signature pursuant to a power of
                           attorney.  Filed with this Registration Statement.





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ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

  (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

        (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
  any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
  such information in the registration statement.

        (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
  be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
  initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
  any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
  of the offering.

  (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

  (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.





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  The Plan.   PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE
PLAN HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY
THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS,
STATE OF COLORADO, ON THIS 8TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1994



             FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN


                         By: /s/ Ralph F. Schauer
                             ------------------------------------------------
                             Ralph F. Schauer, Chairman
                             Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried
                             Retirement Savings Plan Administrative Committee





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  The Registrant.  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
THE REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT
MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-8 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO
DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF DEARBORN, STATE OF MICHIGAN, ON THIS 8TH DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1994.

                           FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                           By: /s/ Alex Trotman*
                               ----------------------------------
                               (ALEX TROTMAN)
                               Chairman of the Board of Directors



  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE
DATE INDICATED.

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Signature                         Title                     Date
         ---------                         -----                     ----
<S>                            <C>                                 <C>   
                                 Director and Chairman of the 
                                Board of Directors, President      
                                 and Chief Executive Officer
     Alex Trotman*              (principal executive officer)
- -----------------------                                       
    (ALEX TROTMAN)



     Colby H. Chandler*                   Director
- ---------------------------                       
    (COLBY H. CHANDLER)



    Michael D. Dingman*                    Director                December 8, 1994
- ---------------------------                                                           
   (MICHAEL D. DINGMAN)


                                      Director and Vice
                                 President, Ford Motor Company,
                                   and Director and President
                                  and Chief Operating Officer,
     Edsel B. Ford II*            Ford Motor Credit Company
- ----------------------------                               
    (EDSEL B. FORD II)


                                   Director and Chairman
     William Clay Ford*           of the Finance Committee
- ----------------------------                              
    (WILLIAM CLAY FORD)
</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Signature                         Title                     Date
         ---------                         -----                     ----
<S>                              <C>                             <C>
                                        Director and
   William Clay Ford, Jr.*             Vice President
- ----------------------------                         
  (WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR.)


                                        Director and
     Allan D. Gilmour*                  Vice Chairman
- ----------------------------                         
    (ALLAN D. GILMOUR)



    Roberto C. Goizueta*                  Director
- ----------------------------                      
   (ROBERTO C. GOIZUETA)



  Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.*                Director
- ----------------------------                      
 (IRVINE O. HOCKADAY, JR.)



        Drew Lewis                        Director
- ----------------------------                      
       (DREW LEWIS)



      Ellen R. Marram*                    Director                December 8, 1994
- ----------------------------                                                      
     (ELLEN R. MARRAM)



      Kenneth H. Olsen*                   Director
- ----------------------------                      
     (KENNETH H. OLSEN)



      Carl E. Reichardt*                  Director
- ----------------------------                      
     (CARL E. REICHARDT)


                                  Director and Vice Chairman
      Louis R. Ross*              and Chief Technical Officer
- ----------------------------                                 
     (LOUIS R. ROSS)


                                  Director and Executive
     Stanley A. Seneker*              Vice President
- ----------------------------                        
    (STANLEY A. SENEKER)
</TABLE>





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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
         Signature                         Title                     Date
         ---------                         -----                     ----
<S>                           <C>                                <C>
  Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.*                Director
- ----------------------------                      
 (CLIFTON R. WHARTON, JR.)



                                     Group Vice President
                                  and Chief Financial Officer
      John M. Devine*            (principal financial officer)
- ----------------------------                                  
     (JOHN M. DEVINE)                                             December 8, 1994




                                 Vice President--Controller
  Murray L. Reichenstein*      (principal accounting officer)
- ---------------------------                                  
 (MURRAY L. REICHENSTEIN)
</TABLE>





*By: /s/ K. S. Lamping
     -----------------      
     (K. S. Lamping,
     Attorney-in-Fact)





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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                 EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.                      DESCRIPTION                                              PAGE NO.
- -----------                      -----------                                              --------
<S>                 <C>                                                                   <C>
EXHIBIT 4.1         Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried Retirement
                    Savings Plan.  Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.2         Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective as of September
                    1, 1994 between Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica
                    Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.3         Adoption Agreement effective September 1, 1994 between Ford
                    Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.
                    Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.1         Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, an Assistant Secretary and
                    Associate Counsel of Ford Motor Company, with respect to
                    the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.
                    Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.2         Opinion of William J. Rooney, an Associate Counsel of Ford
                    Motor Company, with respect to compliance requirements of
                    the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  Filed
                    with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 15          Letter from Independent Certified Public Accountants
                    regarding unaudited interim financial information.  Filed
                    with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 23          Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants.  Filed
                    with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.1        Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.2        Certified resolutions of Board of Directors authorizing
                    signature pursuant to a power of attorney.  Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.

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                                                           REGISTRATION NO. 33-
===============================================================================

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
                             ______________________

                                    FORM S-8

                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
                             ______________________

                             FORD MOTOR COMPANY
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

               DELAWARE                             38-0549190
  (State or other jurisdiction of                (I.R.S. Employer
   incorporation or organization)               Identification No.)  
                                        
     

             THE AMERICAN ROAD
             DEARBORN, MICHIGAN                       48121-1899
  (Address of principal executive offices)            (Zip Code)

                                                                    
                           ______________________

       FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
                        (Full title of the Plan)
                           ______________________
                         
                           J. M. RINTAMAKI, Esq.
                            FORD MOTOR COMPANY
                              P. O. Box 1899
                            THE AMERICAN ROAD
                      DEARBORN, MICHIGAN  48121-1899
                              (313) 323-2260
 (Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                           ______________________

                       CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

===================================================================================
PROPOSED
                                        PROPOSED       MAXIMUM
                                        MAXIMUM        AGGREGATE
TITLE OF SECURITIES   AMOUNT TO BE   OFFERING PRICE    OFFERING       AMOUNT OF
TO BE REGISTERED      REGISTERED       PER SHARE*       PRICE*     REGISTRATION FEE
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,          25,000          $27.5625       $689,062.50      $237.61
$1.00 par value        shares            
===================================================================================
* Based on the market price of Common Stock of the Company on December 5,
  1994, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of 1933.

===============================================================================
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          FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

                             ______________________

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3. INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

         The following documents filed or to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission are incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement:

                 (a)  The latest annual report of Ford Motor Company ("Ford")
         filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
         Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") which contains, either directly or
         indirectly by incorporation by reference, certified financial
         statements for Ford's latest fiscal year for which such statements
         have been filed.

                 (b)  All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or
         15(d) of the 1934 Act since the end of the fiscal year covered by the
         annual report referred to in paragraph (a) above.

                 (c)  The description of Ford's Common Stock contained in
         registration statement no. 2-50792 filed by Ford under the Securities
         Act of 1933 (the "1933 Act").

         All documents subsequently filed by Ford pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the 1934 Act, prior to the filing of a post-effective
amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing such documents.

ITEM 6. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

         Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides as
follows:

         145.    Indemnification of officers, directors, employees and agents;
                 insurance -

                 (a)  A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a 
         party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending 
         or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, 
         administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the 
         right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a 
         director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was 
         serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, 
         employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, 
         trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys'fees),
         judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably
         incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if 
         he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in 
         or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with 
         respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause 
         to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, 
         suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon 
         a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, 
         create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in

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         a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the   
         best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal 
         action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct 
         was unlawful.

                 (b)  A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
         party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending
         or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to
         procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or
         was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is
         or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director,
         officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
         venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including
         attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection
         with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in
         good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not
         opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no
         indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter
         as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the
         corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery
         or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine
         upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
         view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and
         reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of
         Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

                 (c)  To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent
         of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
         defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections
         (a) and (b), or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, he
         shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
         actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.

                 (d)  Any indemnification under subsections (a) and (b) of this
         section (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the corporation
         only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination that
         indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper
         in the circumstances because he has met the applicable standard of
         conduct set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section.  Such
         determination shall be made (1) by a majority vote of the directors
         who are not parties to such action, suit or proceeding, or (2) if such
         there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by
         independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by the
         stockholders.

                 (e)  Expenses (including attorneys' fees) incurred by an
         officer or director in defending any civil, criminal, administrative,
         or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the
         corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit
         or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
         director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be
         determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the
         corporation as authorized in this Section.  Such expenses (including
         attorneys' fees) incurred by other employees and agents may be so paid
         upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the board of directors
         deems appropriate.

                 (f)  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
         by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section
         shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those
         seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled
         under any by-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
         directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and
         as to action in another capacity while holding such office.

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                 (g)  A corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain
         insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
         employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
         request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
         of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise against any liability asserted against him and incurred by
         him in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such,
         whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him
         against such liability under the provisions of this section.

                 (h)  For purposes of this Section, references to "the
         corporation" shall include, in addition to the resulting corporation,
         any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a
         constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its
         separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority
         to indemnify its directors, officers, and employees or agents, so that
         any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of
         such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of
         such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent
         of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
         enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of
         this Section with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as
         he would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its
         separate existence had continued.

                 (i)  For purposes of this Section, references to "other
         enterprises" shall include employee benefit plans; references to
         "fines" shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with
         respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to "serving at the
         request of the corporation" shall include any service as a director,
         officer, employee or agent of the corporation which imposes duties on,
         or involves services by, such director, officer, employee, or agent
         with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants, or
         beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he
         reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and
         beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have
         acted in a manner "not opposed to the best interests of the
         corporation" as referred to in this section.

                 (j)  The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
         by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise
         provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has
         ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to
         the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
         person.

         The Certificate of Incorporation of Ford includes the following
provisions:

                     LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS;
                         INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.

         5.1.  LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS.   A director of the
corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its
stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except for liability

                 (i)  for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the
         corporation or its stockholders,

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                 (ii)  for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve
         intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law,

                (iii)  under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation
         Law or

                 (iv)  for any transaction from which the director derived an
         improper personal benefit.

         If the Delaware General Corporation Law is amended after approval by
the stockholders of this subsection 5.1 of Article NINTH to authorize corporate
action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors,
then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or
limited to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation
Law, as so amended.

         5.2.  EFFECT OF ANY REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF SUBSECTION 5.1.  Any
repeal or modification of subsection 5.1 of this Article NINTH by the
stockholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal
or modification.

         5.3.  INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE.

         5.3a.  RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION.   Each person who was or is made a
party or is threatened to be made a party to or is involved in any action, suit
or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or
otherwise (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she,
or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a
director, officer or employee of the corporation or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer or employee of another
corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise,
including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of
such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director,
officer or employee or in any other capacity while serving as a director,
officer or employee, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the corporation
to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as
the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such
amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the corporation to
provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the corporation
to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss
(including penalties, fines, judgments, attorneys' fees, amounts paid or to be
paid in settlement and excise taxes or penalties imposed on fiduciaries with
respect to (i) employee benefit plans, (ii) charitable organizations or (iii)
similar matters) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection
therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased
to be a director, officer or employee and shall inure to the benefit of his or
her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that the
corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in
connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person (other
than pursuant to subsection 5.3b of this Article NINTH) only if such proceeding
(or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation.
The right to indemnification conferred in this subsection 5.3a of Article NINTH
shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the
corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance
of its final disposition; provided, however, that, if the Delaware General
Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director
or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any
other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a
director or officer, including without limitation, service to an employee
benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding shall be made
only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of
such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be
indemnified under this subsection 5.3a of Article NINTH or otherwise.

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         5.3b.  RIGHT OF CLAIMANT TO BRING SUIT.  If a claim which the
corporation is obligated to pay under subsection 5.3a of this Article NINTH is
not paid in full by the corporation within 60 days after a written claim has
been received by the corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring
suit against the corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if
successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also
the expense of prosecuting such claim.  It shall be a defense to any such
action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred
in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the
required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the corporation)
that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it
permissible under the Delaware General Corporation Law for the corporation to
indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such
defense shall be on the corporation.  Neither the failure of the corporation
(including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such
action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances
because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the
Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the
corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel or its
stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of
conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the
claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.

         5.3c.  MISCELLANEOUS.  The provisions of this Section 5.3 of Article
NINTH shall cover claims, actions, suits and proceedings, civil or criminal,
whether now pending or hereafter commenced, and shall be retroactive to cover
acts or omissions or alleged acts or omissions which heretofore have taken
place.  If any part of this Section 5.3 of Article NINTH should be found to be
invalid or ineffective in any proceeding, the validity and effect of the
remaining provisions shall not be affected.

         5.3d.  NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS.   The right to indemnification and
the payment of expenses incurred in defending a proceeding in advance of its
final disposition conferred in this Section 5.3 of Article NINTH shall not be
exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire
under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-Law,
agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

         5.3e.  INSURANCE.   The corporation may maintain insurance, at its
expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the
corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the
corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense,
liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

         5.3f.  INDEMNIFICATION OF AGENTS OF THE CORPORATION.  The corporation
may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board of Directors,
grant rights to indemnification, and rights to be paid by the corporation the
expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final
disposition, to any agent of the corporation to the fullest extent of the
provisions of this Section 5.3 of Article NINTH with respect to the
indemnification and advancement of expenses of directors, officers and
employees of the corporation.

         Pursuant to underwriting agreements filed as exhibits to registration
statements relating to underwritten offerings of securities issued or
guaranteed by Ford, the underwriters have agreed to indemnify Ford, each
officer and director of Ford and each person, if any, who controls Ford within
the meaning of the 1933 Act, against certain liabilities, including liabilities
under the 1933 Act.

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         Pursuant to most of Ford's employee benefit plans including the
Supplemental Compensation Plan, the Savings and Stock Investment Plan, the
Long-Term Incentive Plans and the Stock Option Plans, directors, officers and
employees of Ford are indemnified against all loss, cost, liability or expense
resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which such persons are
involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under such plans.

         Ford is insured for liabilities it may incur pursuant to its
Certificate of Incorporation relating to the indemnification of its directors,
officers and employees.  In addition, directors, officers and certain key
employees are insured against certain losses which may arise out of their
employment and which are not recoverable under the indemnification provisions
of Ford's Certificate of Incorporation.

ITEM 8. EXHIBITS.

EXHIBIT 4.1         -      Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried
                           Retirement Savings Plan.  Filed with this
                           Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.2         -      Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective as of
                           September 1, 1994 between Ford Microelectronics,
                           Inc.  and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with
                           this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.3         -      Adoption Agreement effective as of September 1, 1994
                           between Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica
                           Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with this Registration
                           Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.1         -      Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, an Assistant Secretary
                           and Associate Counsel of Ford Motor Company, with
                           respect to the legality of the securities being
                           registered hereunder.  Filed with this Registration
                           Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.2         -      Opinion of William J. Rooney, an Associate Counsel
                           of Ford Motor Company, with respect to compliance
                           requirements of the Employee Retirement Income
                           Security Act of 1974.  Filed with this Registration
                           Statement.

EXHIBIT 15          -      Letter from Independent Certified Public Accountants
                           regarding unaudited interim financial information.
                           Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 23          -      Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants.
                           Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.1        -      Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed
                           with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.2        -      Certified resolutions of Board of Directors
                           authorizing signature pursuant to a power of
                           attorney.  Filed with this Registration Statement.

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ITEM 9.  UNDERTAKINGS.

  (a)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:

        (1)  To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
  made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement to include
  any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
  previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
  such information in the registration statement.

        (2)  That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
  Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
  be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein,
  and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the
  initial bona fide offering thereof.

        (3)  To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment
  any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
  of the offering.

  (b)  The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

  (c)  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

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  The Plan.   PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE
PLAN HAS DULY CAUSED THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY
THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS,
STATE OF COLORADO, ON THIS 8TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1994

             FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

                         By: /s/ Ralph F. Schauer
                             ------------------------------------------------
                             Ralph F. Schauer, Chairman
                             Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried
                             Retirement Savings Plan Administrative Committee

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  The Registrant.  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933,
THE REGISTRANT CERTIFIES THAT IT HAS REASONABLE GROUNDS TO BELIEVE THAT IT
MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING ON FORM S-8 AND HAS DULY CAUSED THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO
DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE CITY OF DEARBORN, STATE OF MICHIGAN, ON THIS 8TH DAY OF
DECEMBER, 1994.

                           FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                           By: /s/ Alex Trotman*
                               ----------------------------------
                               (ALEX TROTMAN)
                               Chairman of the Board of Directors

  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE CAPACITIES AND ON THE
DATE INDICATED.
Signature                         Title                     Date
         ---------                         -----                     ----
Director and Chairman of the 
                                Board of Directors, President      
                                 and Chief Executive Officer
     Alex Trotman*              (principal executive officer)
- -----------------------                                       
    (ALEX TROTMAN)

     Colby H. Chandler*                   Director
- ---------------------------                       
    (COLBY H. CHANDLER)

    Michael D. Dingman*                    Director                December 8, 1994
- ---------------------------                                                           
   (MICHAEL D. DINGMAN)

                                      Director and Vice
                                 President, Ford Motor Company,
                                   and Director and President
                                  and Chief Operating Officer,
     Edsel B. Ford II*            Ford Motor Credit Company
- ----------------------------                               
    (EDSEL B. FORD II)

                                   Director and Chairman
     William Clay Ford*           of the Finance Committee
- ----------------------------                              
    (WILLIAM CLAY FORD)
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Signature                         Title                     Date
         ---------                         -----                     ----
Director and
   William Clay Ford, Jr.*             Vice President
- ----------------------------                         
  (WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR.)

                                        Director and
     Allan D. Gilmour*                  Vice Chairman
- ----------------------------                         
    (ALLAN D. GILMOUR)

    Roberto C. Goizueta*                  Director
- ----------------------------                      
   (ROBERTO C. GOIZUETA)

  Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.*                Director
- ----------------------------                      
 (IRVINE O. HOCKADAY, JR.)

        Drew Lewis                        Director
- ----------------------------                      
       (DREW LEWIS)

      Ellen R. Marram*                    Director                December 8, 1994
- ----------------------------                                                      
     (ELLEN R. MARRAM)

      Kenneth H. Olsen*                   Director
- ----------------------------                      
     (KENNETH H. OLSEN)

      Carl E. Reichardt*                  Director
- ----------------------------                      
     (CARL E. REICHARDT)

                                  Director and Vice Chairman
      Louis R. Ross*              and Chief Technical Officer
- ----------------------------                                 
     (LOUIS R. ROSS)

                                  Director and Executive
     Stanley A. Seneker*              Vice President
- ----------------------------                        
    (STANLEY A. SENEKER)
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Signature                         Title                     Date
         ---------                         -----                     ----
Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.*                Director
- ----------------------------                      
 (CLIFTON R. WHARTON, JR.)

                                     Group Vice President
                                  and Chief Financial Officer
      John M. Devine*            (principal financial officer)
- ----------------------------                                  
     (JOHN M. DEVINE)                                             December 8, 1994

                                 Vice President--Controller
  Murray L. Reichenstein*      (principal accounting officer)
- ---------------------------                                  
 (MURRAY L. REICHENSTEIN)
*By: /s/ K. S. Lamping
     -----------------      
     (K. S. Lamping,
     Attorney-in-Fact)

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT NO.                      DESCRIPTION                                              PAGE NO.
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EXHIBIT 4.1         Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried Retirement
                    Savings Plan.  Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.2         Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective as of September
                    1, 1994 between Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica
                    Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 4.3         Adoption Agreement effective September 1, 1994 between Ford
                    Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.
                    Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.1         Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, an Assistant Secretary and
                    Associate Counsel of Ford Motor Company, with respect to
                    the legality of the securities being registered hereunder.
                    Filed with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 5.2         Opinion of William J. Rooney, an Associate Counsel of Ford
                    Motor Company, with respect to compliance requirements of
                    the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.  Filed
                    with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 15          Letter from Independent Certified Public Accountants
                    regarding unaudited interim financial information.  Filed
                    with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 23          Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants.  Filed
                    with this Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.1        Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.

EXHIBIT 24.2        Certified resolutions of Board of Directors authorizing
                    signature pursuant to a power of attorney.  Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.
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