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             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)                                            

            The American Road
            Dearborn, Michigan                         48121-1899
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

                                                                          

       FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN  
                        (Full title of the Plan)
                                                                  

                          J. M. RINTAMAKI, Esq.
                           Ford Motor Company
                            P. O. Box 1899
                          The American Road
                     Dearborn, Michigan  48121-1899
                            (313) 323-2260
                 (Name, address and telephone number, including
                        area code, of agent for service)
                                                                            
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                     CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================
                                                       Proposed
                                        Proposed       maximum
                                        maximum        aggregate
Title of securities   Amount to be   offering price    offering       Amount of
to be registered      registered       per share*       price*     registration fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                   <C>            <C>                <C>          <C>  
Common Stock,          100,000         
$1.00 par value         shares        $27.5625        $2,756,250       $950.44                 
==================================================================================
</TABLE>

     * Based on the market price of Common Stock of the Company on
April 20, 1995, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933.

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<PAGE>
       FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

                         ______________________

         INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   The contents of Registration Statement No. 33-56785 is incorporated herein by
reference.

                         ____________________


           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                           

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, created 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.

      (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.  

                                 -2-             
<PAGE>

     (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.

   (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.

                                  -3-
<PAGE>

    (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.
                                                                   
Item 8. Exhibits.


Exhibit 4.1 - Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried Retirement
              Savings Plan.  Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No.
              33-56785 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Exhibit 4.2 - Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective as of September 1,
              1994 between Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as
              Trustee.  Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registration Statement No. 33-
              56785 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Exhibit 4.3 - Adoption Agreement effective as of September 1, 1994 between Ford
              Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed as
              Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No. 33-56785 and
              incorporated herein by reference.
 
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 with this
              Registration Statement.

                                       -4-
<PAGE>

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


  The Plan.   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Colorado
Springs, State of Colorado, on this 25th day of April, 1995.            



                FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

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

                                  -5-          
<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 25th 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 25, 1995
- --------------------------
   (Michael D. Dingman)

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


                                  
     William Clay Ford*                    Director
- --------------------------
    (William Clay Ford)

                                      -6-
<PAGE>
         Signature                         Title                     Date    
         ---------                         -----                     ----
                                        
                                      
                                      Director and Chairman   
   William Clay Ford, Jr.*           of the Finance Committee
- ------------------------------
  (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 25, 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)


                                    -7-
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         Signature                         Title                     Date    
         ---------                         -----                     ----


  Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.*                Director
- -----------------------------
 (Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.)


                                                                    
                                     Group Vice President  
                                  and Chief Financial Officer
      John M. Devine*            (principal financial officer)
- ----------------------------
     (John M. Devine)                                               April 25, 1995




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



</TABLE>

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

                                  -8-
<PAGE>
                             EXHIBIT INDEX

                            
                                                              Sequential Page
                                                               at Which Found
                                                             (or Incorporated
                                                                by Reference)


Exhibit 4.1     Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc.
                Salaried Retirement Savings Plan.  Filed as
                Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No 33-
                56785 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Exhibit 4.2     Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective
                as of September 1, 1994 between Ford
                Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as
                Trustee.  Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to
                Registration Statement No. 33-56785 and
                incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.3     Adoption Agreement effective as of September
                1, 1994 between Ford Microelectronics, Inc.
                and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed as
                Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No.
                33-56785 and incorporated herein by
                reference.

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 with this Registration Statement.

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

                                    -9-
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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             (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
of incorporation or organization)                                            

            The American Road
            Dearborn, Michigan                         48121-1899
(Address of principal executive offices)               (Zip Code)

                                                                          

       FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN  
                        (Full title of the Plan)
                                                                  

                          J. M. RINTAMAKI, Esq.
                           Ford Motor Company
                            P. O. Box 1899
                          The American Road
                     Dearborn, Michigan  48121-1899
                            (313) 323-2260
                 (Name, address and telephone number, including
                        area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
===================================================================================
                                                       Proposed
                                        Proposed       maximum
                                        maximum        aggregate
Title of securities   Amount to be   offering price    offering       Amount of
to be registered      registered       per share*       price*     registration fee
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Common Stock,          100,000         
$1.00 par value         shares        $27.5625        $2,756,250       $950.44                 
==================================================================================
* Based on the market price of Common Stock of the Company on
April 20, 1995, in accordance with Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act of
1933.

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

                         ______________________

         INCORPORATION OF CONTENTS OF PRIOR REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   The contents of Registration Statement No. 33-56785 is incorporated herein by
reference.

                         ____________________

           INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                           

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, created 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.

      (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.  

                                 -2-
(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.

   (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.

                                  -3-
(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.
                                                                   
Item 8. Exhibits.

Exhibit 4.1 - Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc. Salaried Retirement
              Savings Plan.  Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No.
              33-56785 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Exhibit 4.2 - Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective as of September 1,
              1994 between Ford Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as
              Trustee.  Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to Registration Statement No. 33-
              56785 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Exhibit 4.3 - Adoption Agreement effective as of September 1, 1994 between Ford
              Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed as
              Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No. 33-56785 and
              incorporated herein by reference.
 
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 with this
              Registration Statement.

                                       -4-
Exhibit 24.2- Certified resolutions of Board of Directors authorizing signature
              pursuant to a power of attorney.  Filed with this Registration
              Statement.

  The Plan.   Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Plan has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Colorado
Springs, State of Colorado, on this 25th day of April, 1995.            

                FORD MICROELECTRONICS, INC. SALARIED RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN

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

                                  -5-
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 25th 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 25, 1995
- --------------------------
   (Michael D. Dingman)

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

                                  
     William Clay Ford*                    Director
- --------------------------
    (William Clay Ford)

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Signature                         Title                     Date    
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                                      Director and Chairman   
   William Clay Ford, Jr.*           of the Finance Committee
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  (William Clay Ford, Jr.)

                                  

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

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

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

        Drew Lewis*                       Director
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       (Drew Lewis)

      Ellen R. Marram*                    Director                 April 25, 1995
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     (Ellen R. Marram)

      Kenneth H. Olsen*                   Director
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     (Kenneth H. Olsen)

      Carl E. Reichardt*                  Director
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     (Carl E. Reichardt)

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

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Signature                         Title                     Date    
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  Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.*                Director
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 (Clifton R. Wharton, Jr.)

                                                                    
                                     Group Vice President  
                                  and Chief Financial Officer
      John M. Devine*            (principal financial officer)
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     (John M. Devine)                                               April 25, 1995

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

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EXHIBIT INDEX

                            
                                                              Sequential Page
                                                               at Which Found
                                                             (or Incorporated
                                                                by Reference)

Exhibit 4.1     Description of Ford Microelectronics, Inc.
                Salaried Retirement Savings Plan.  Filed as
                Exhibit 4.1 to Registration Statement No 33-
                56785 and incorporated herein by reference.
 
Exhibit 4.2     Trust/Custodial Account Agreement effective
                as of September 1, 1994 between Ford
                Microelectronics, Inc. and Comerica Bank, as
                Trustee.  Filed as Exhibit 4.2 to
                Registration Statement No. 33-56785 and
                incorporated herein by reference.

Exhibit 4.3     Adoption Agreement effective as of September
                1, 1994 between Ford Microelectronics, Inc.
                and Comerica Bank, as Trustee.  Filed as
                Exhibit 4.3 to Registration Statement No.
                33-56785 and incorporated herein by
                reference.

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 with this Registration Statement.

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

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