Registration No. 333-
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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 Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                                One American Road
                          Dearborn, Michigan 48126
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                   ___________

                  FORD MOTOR COMPANY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
                                   ___________

                              J. M. RINTAMAKI, Esq.
                               Ford Motor Company
                                 P.O. Box 1899
                                One American Road
                          Dearborn, Michigan 48126
                                 (313) 323-2260
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                  ___________

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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

-------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----------------
 <S>                       <C>                        <C>                      <C>                     <C>

                                                      Proposed maximum          Proposed maximum       Amount of
 Title of securities to    Amount to be               offering price per        aggregate offering     registration fee
 be registered             registered                 obligation                price**
-------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----------------
 Deferred Compensation
 Plan Obligations*         $175,000,000                 100%                      $175,000,000             $46,200
-------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----------------
</TABLE>
*    The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of
     Ford Motor Company to pay deferred compensation in the future in
     accordance with the terms of the Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
     Plan.
**   Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.

===============================================================================

<PAGE>

                  FORD MOTOR COMPANY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                             ______________________

            INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

    The contents of Registration Statement Nos. 333-65703, 333-47733, 333-20725,
33-62227 and 333-74313 are incorporated herein by reference.


               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. 33-43085 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 8. Exhibits.


Exhibit 4.1    -    Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No. 33-62227 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.2    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 13, 1995 and October 1, 1995.
                    Filed as Exhibit 10-T-1 to the Registrant's Annual Report
                    on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.

Exhibit 4.3    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1996. Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-20725 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.
<PAGE>

Exhibit 4.4    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1997. Filed as Exhibit 4.4 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.5    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of January 1, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.5
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.6    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 8, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.6 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.7    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of September 9, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.7 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.8    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of October 16, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.8 to Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.9    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of November 11, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.9 to Registration Statement No. 333-74313 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.10   -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 29, 1999. Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.

Exhibit 5.1    -    Opinion of Kathryn S. Lamping, an Assistant Secretary and
                    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 J. Gordon Christy, Counsel to 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 as Exhibit
                    24.A to Registration Statement No. 333-67211, Exhibit 24.B
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-70447 and Exhibit 24 to
                    Registration Statement No. 86035 and incorporated herein by
                    reference.
<PAGE>

Exhibit 24.2   -    Certified resolutions of Board of Directors authorizing
                    signature pursuant to a power of attorney.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-52485 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.
<PAGE>

     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
2nd day of March, 2000.

                                        FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                                        By: William Clay Ford, Jr.*
                                            ---------------------------
                                            (William Clay Ford, Jr.)
                                             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.

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<CAPTION>

         Signature                                Title                                         Date
         ---------                                -----                                         ----
     <S>                                <C>                                               <C>
     William Clay Ford, Jr.*            Chairman of the Board of Directors                March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (William Clay Ford, Jr.)

                                        Director and President
                                        and Chief Executive Officer
     Jacques A. Nasser*                 (principal executive officer)                     March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Jacques A. Nasser)



     Michael D. Dingman*                Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Michael D. Dingman)



     Edsel B. Ford II*                  Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Edsel B. Ford II)



     William Clay Ford*                 Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (William Clay Ford)


<PAGE>


     Signature                          Title                                             Date
     ---------                          -----                                             ----



     Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.*           Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)



     Marie-Josee Kravis*                Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Marie-Josee Kravis)



     Ellen R. Marram*                   Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Ellen R. Marram)



     Homer A. Neal*                     Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Homer A. Neal)



     Jorma J. Ollila                    Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Jorma J. Ollila)



     Carl E. Reichardt*                 Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Carl E. Reichardt)


     Robert E. Rubin                    Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Robert E. Rubin)



     John L. Thornton*                  Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (John L. Thornton)



                                        Group Vice President
                                        and Chief Financial Officer
     Henry D. G. Wallace*               (principal financial officer)                     March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Henry D. G. Wallace)


<PAGE>
                                        Vice President and Controller
     William A. Swift*                  (principal accounting officer)                    March 2, 2000
     -------------------------
     (William A. Swift)


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

<PAGE>

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<CAPTION>

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX                                           Sequential Page
                                                                                          at Which Found
                                                                                          (or Incoporated
                                                                                           by Reference)
                                                                                          ---------------
<S>                 <C>                                                                   <C>
Exhibit 4.1    -    Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No. 33-62227 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.2    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 13, 1995 and October 1, 1995.
                    Filed as Exhibit 10-T-1 to the Registrant's Annual Report
                    on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.

Exhibit 4.3    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1996. Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-20725 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.4    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1997. Filed as Exhibit 4.4 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.5    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of January 1, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.5
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.6    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 8, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.6 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.7    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of September 9, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.7 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.8    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of October 16, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.8 to Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.9    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of November 11, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.9 to Registration Statement No. 333-74313 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.
<PAGE>

Exhibit 4.10   -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 29, 1999. Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.

Exhibit 5.1    -    Opinion of Kathryn S. Lamping, an Assistant Secretary and
                    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 J. Gordon Christy, Counsel to 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 as Exhibit
                    24.A to Registration Statement No. 333-67211, Exhibit 24.B
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-70447 and Exhibit 24 to
                    Registration Statement No. 86035 and incorporated herein by
                    reference.

Exhibit 24.2   -    Certified resolutions of Board of Directors authorizing
                    signature pursuant to a power of attorney.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-52485 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

</TABLE>
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Registration No. 333-
      ====================================================================
                       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 Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

                                One American Road
                          Dearborn, Michigan 48126
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

                                   ___________

                  FORD MOTOR COMPANY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN
                            (Full title of the Plan)
                                   ___________

                              J. M. RINTAMAKI, Esq.
                               Ford Motor Company
                                 P.O. Box 1899
                                One American Road
                          Dearborn, Michigan 48126
                                 (313) 323-2260
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
                                  ___________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

-------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----------------
Proposed maximum          Proposed maximum       Amount of
 Title of securities to    Amount to be               offering price per        aggregate offering     registration fee
 be registered             registered                 obligation                price**
-------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----------------
 Deferred Compensation
 Plan Obligations*         $175,000,000                 100%                      $175,000,000             $46,200
-------------------------- ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ -----------------
*    The Deferred Compensation Plan Obligations are unsecured obligations of
     Ford Motor Company to pay deferred compensation in the future in
     accordance with the terms of the Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
     Plan.
**   Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee.

===============================================================================
FORD MOTOR COMPANY DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                             ______________________

            INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

    The contents of Registration Statement Nos. 333-65703, 333-47733, 333-20725,
33-62227 and 333-74313 are incorporated herein by reference.

               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. 33-43085 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 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit 4.1    -    Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No. 33-62227 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.2    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 13, 1995 and October 1, 1995.
                    Filed as Exhibit 10-T-1 to the Registrant's Annual Report
                    on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.

Exhibit 4.3    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1996. Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-20725 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.
Exhibit 4.4    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1997. Filed as Exhibit 4.4 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.5    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of January 1, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.5
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.6    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 8, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.6 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.7    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of September 9, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.7 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.8    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of October 16, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.8 to Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.9    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of November 11, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.9 to Registration Statement No. 333-74313 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.10   -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 29, 1999. Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.

Exhibit 5.1    -    Opinion of Kathryn S. Lamping, an Assistant Secretary and
                    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 J. Gordon Christy, Counsel to 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 as Exhibit
                    24.A to Registration Statement No. 333-67211, Exhibit 24.B
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-70447 and Exhibit 24 to
                    Registration Statement No. 86035 and incorporated herein by
                    reference.
Exhibit 24.2   -    Certified resolutions of Board of Directors authorizing
                    signature pursuant to a power of attorney.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-52485 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.
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
2nd day of March, 2000.

                                        FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                                        By: William Clay Ford, Jr.*
                                            ---------------------------
                                            (William Clay Ford, Jr.)
                                             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
         ---------                                -----                                         ----
William Clay Ford, Jr.*            Chairman of the Board of Directors                March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (William Clay Ford, Jr.)

                                        Director and President
                                        and Chief Executive Officer
     Jacques A. Nasser*                 (principal executive officer)                     March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Jacques A. Nasser)

     Michael D. Dingman*                Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Michael D. Dingman)

     Edsel B. Ford II*                  Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Edsel B. Ford II)

     William Clay Ford*                 Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (William Clay Ford)
Signature                          Title                                             Date
     ---------                          -----                                             ----

     Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.*           Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)

     Marie-Josee Kravis*                Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Marie-Josee Kravis)

     Ellen R. Marram*                   Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Ellen R. Marram)

     Homer A. Neal*                     Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Homer A. Neal)

     Jorma J. Ollila                    Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Jorma J. Ollila)

     Carl E. Reichardt*                 Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Carl E. Reichardt)

     Robert E. Rubin                    Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Robert E. Rubin)

     John L. Thornton*                  Director                                          March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (John L. Thornton)

                                        Group Vice President
                                        and Chief Financial Officer
     Henry D. G. Wallace*               (principal financial officer)                     March 2, 2000
     ------------------------
     (Henry D. G. Wallace)
Vice President and Controller
     William A. Swift*                  (principal accounting officer)                    March 2, 2000
     -------------------------
     (William A. Swift)

     *By:/s/K. S. Lamping
     -------------------------
     (K. S. Lamping,
     Attorney-in-Fact)
EXHIBIT INDEX                                           Sequential Page
                                                                                          at Which Found
                                                                                          (or Incoporated
                                                                                           by Reference)
                                                                                          ---------------
Exhibit 4.1    -    Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No. 33-62227 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.2    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 13, 1995 and October 1, 1995.
                    Filed as Exhibit 10-T-1 to the Registrant's Annual Report
                    on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1995.

Exhibit 4.3    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1996. Filed as Exhibit 4.3 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-20725 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.4    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 1, 1997. Filed as Exhibit 4.4 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.5    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of January 1, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.5
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-47733 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.6    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of July 8, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.6 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.7    -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of September 9, 1998. Filed as Exhibit 4.7 to
                    Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and incorporated
                    herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.8    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of October 16, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.8 to Registration Statement No. 333-65703 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.9    -    Amendments to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation
                    Plan, effective as of November 11, 1998. Filed as Exhibit
                    4.9 to Registration Statement No. 333-74313 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.
Exhibit 4.10   -    Amendment to Ford Motor Company Deferred Compensation Plan,
                    effective as of October 29, 1999. Filed with this
                    Registration Statement.

Exhibit 5.1    -    Opinion of Kathryn S. Lamping, an Assistant Secretary and
                    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 J. Gordon Christy, Counsel to 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 as Exhibit
                    24.A to Registration Statement No. 333-67211, Exhibit 24.B
                    to Registration Statement No. 333-70447 and Exhibit 24 to
                    Registration Statement No. 86035 and incorporated herein by
                    reference.

Exhibit 24.2   -    Certified resolutions of Board of Directors authorizing
                    signature pursuant to a power of attorney.  Filed as
                    Exhibit 24 to Registration Statement No. 333-52485 and
                    incorporated herein by reference.