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)

                                             

     PRIMUS AUTOMOTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. PRIME ACCOUNT  
                   (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)
                                                 
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                           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,          100,000  
$1.00 par value         shares         $27.1875        $2,718,750    $937.50   
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     * Based on the market price of Common Stock of the Company
on April 24, 1995, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933.

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    PRIMUS AUTOMOTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. PRIME ACCOUNT
                  ______________________


         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 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.

                             -2-
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     (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,even though less than a quorum,
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.

                                 -3-
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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,

                            -4-
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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.

                             -5-
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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.

                               -6-
<PAGE>
     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 Primus Automotive Financial
                 Services, Inc. Prime Account.  Filed with this
                 Registration Statement.
 
Exhibit 4.2   -  Adoption Agreement effective as of January 1, 
                 1995 between Primus Automotive Financial Services,
                 Inc. and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with
                 this Registration Statement.
 
Exhibit 5.1   -  Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, 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 William J. Rooney, a 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 23    -  Consent of Independent Certified Public
                 Accountants.  Filed with this Registration
                 Statement.

Exhibit 24.1  -  Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed
                 as Exhibit 24.1 to Registration Statement No.
                 33-58785 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 24.2 to Registration
                 Statement No. 33-58785 and incorporated herein
                 by reference.

                                    -7-
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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.

                               -8-
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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 Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 
27th day of April, 1995.            



                      PRIMUS AUTOMOTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
                      PRIME ACCOUNT


                      By:/s/Dennis T. Delaney, Committee Member
                      Primus Automotive Financial Services, Inc.
                      Prime Account Committee                     
                    
                              -9-
<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 27th day of April, 1995.

                              FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                             By:   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.
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         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              April 27, 1995
- ---------------------------
   (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)
<PAGE>
         Signature                         Title                     Date    
         ---------                         -----                     ----
                                        
                                      
                                        
   William Clay Ford, Jr.*                Director
- -------------------------------
  (William Clay Ford, Jr.)

                                  

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



  Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.*                Director
- ------------------------------
 (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)



  Marie-Josee Kravis*                     Director
- -----------------------------
 (Marie-Josee Kravis)



        Drew Lewis*                       Director
- ------------------------------
       (Drew Lewis)



      Ellen R. Marram*                    Director              April 27, 1995
- ------------------------------
     (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)



<PAGE>
         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)                                                April 27, 1995




                                 Vice President--Controller
  Murray L. Reichenstein*      (principal accounting officer)      
- -----------------------------
 (Murray L. Reichenstein)





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


</TABLE>
<PAGE>
                      EXHIBIT INDEX
                                                              Sequential Page
                                                              at Which Found
                                                             (or Incorporated
                                                               by Reference)


Exhibit 4.1   Description of Primus Automotive Financial
              Services, Inc. Prime Account.  Filed with this
              Registration Statement.

Exhibit 4.2   Adoption Agreement effective as of January 1, 1995
              between Primus Automotive Financial Services, Inc.
              and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with this
              Registration Statement.
  
Exhibit 5.1   Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, 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 William J. Rooney, a 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 23    Consent of Independent Certified Public
              Accountants.  Filed with this Registration
              Statement.

Exhibit 24.1  Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed as
              Exhibit 24.1 to Registration Statement No. 33-    
              58785 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 24.2 to Registration
              Statement No. 33-58785 and incorporated herein by
              reference.
   





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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)

                                             

     PRIMUS AUTOMOTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. PRIME ACCOUNT  
                   (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
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,          100,000  
$1.00 par value         shares         $27.1875        $2,718,750    $937.50   
==================================================================================
* Based on the market price of Common Stock of the Company
on April 24, 1995, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933.
PRIMUS AUTOMOTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. PRIME ACCOUNT
                  ______________________

         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 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.

                             -2-
(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,even though less than a quorum,
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.

                                 -3-
(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,

                            -4-
(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.

                             -5-
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.

                               -6-
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 Primus Automotive Financial
                 Services, Inc. Prime Account.  Filed with this
                 Registration Statement.
 
Exhibit 4.2   -  Adoption Agreement effective as of January 1, 
                 1995 between Primus Automotive Financial Services,
                 Inc. and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with
                 this Registration Statement.
 
Exhibit 5.1   -  Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, 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 William J. Rooney, a 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 23    -  Consent of Independent Certified Public
                 Accountants.  Filed with this Registration
                 Statement.

Exhibit 24.1  -  Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed
                 as Exhibit 24.1 to Registration Statement No.
                 33-58785 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 24.2 to Registration
                 Statement No. 33-58785 and incorporated herein
                 by reference.

                                    -7-
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.

                               -8-
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 Nashville, State of Tennessee, on this 
27th day of April, 1995.            

                      PRIMUS AUTOMOTIVE FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
                      PRIME ACCOUNT

                      By:/s/Dennis T. Delaney, Committee Member
                      Primus Automotive Financial Services, Inc.
                      Prime Account Committee                     
                    
                              -9-
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 27th day of April, 1995.

                              FORD MOTOR COMPANY

                             By:   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              April 27, 1995
- ---------------------------
   (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)
Signature                         Title                     Date    
         ---------                         -----                     ----
                                        
                                      
                                        
   William Clay Ford, Jr.*                Director
- -------------------------------
  (William Clay Ford, Jr.)

                                  

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

  Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.*                Director
- ------------------------------
 (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)

  Marie-Josee Kravis*                     Director
- -----------------------------
 (Marie-Josee Kravis)

        Drew Lewis*                       Director
- ------------------------------
       (Drew Lewis)

      Ellen R. Marram*                    Director              April 27, 1995
- ------------------------------
     (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)
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)                                                April 27, 1995

                                 Vice President--Controller
  Murray L. Reichenstein*      (principal accounting officer)      
- -----------------------------
 (Murray L. Reichenstein)

*By: /s/K. S. Lamping      
    -------------------------
     (K. S. Lamping,
     Attorney-in-Fact)
EXHIBIT INDEX
                                                              Sequential Page
                                                              at Which Found
                                                             (or Incorporated
                                                               by Reference)

Exhibit 4.1   Description of Primus Automotive Financial
              Services, Inc. Prime Account.  Filed with this
              Registration Statement.

Exhibit 4.2   Adoption Agreement effective as of January 1, 1995
              between Primus Automotive Financial Services, Inc.
              and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed with this
              Registration Statement.
  
Exhibit 5.1   Opinion of Thomas J. DeZure, 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 William J. Rooney, a 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 23    Consent of Independent Certified Public
              Accountants.  Filed with this Registration
              Statement.

Exhibit 24.1  Powers of Attorney authorizing signature.  Filed as
              Exhibit 24.1 to Registration Statement No. 33-    
              58785 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 24.2 to Registration
              Statement No. 33-58785 and incorporated herein by
              reference.
   

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