Exhibit 12
Ford Motor Company and Subsidiaries
CALCULATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
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(in millions)
For the Years Ended December 31
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2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
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Earnings
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Income before income taxes
and cumulative effects of changes
in accounting principles $ 953 $(7,422) $ 8,299 $ 9,857 $24,257
Equity in net (income)/loss of affiliates
plus dividends from affiliates 132 856 99 (13) 88
Adjusted fixed charges a/ 9,595 11,242 11,263 9,339 9,120
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Earnings $10,680 $ 4,676 $19,661 $19,183 $33,465
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Combined Fixed Charges and
Preferred Stock Dividends
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Interest expense b/ $ 8,873 $10,863 $10,895 $ 9,020 $ 8,841
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Interest portion of rental expense c/ 381 333 307 261 227
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Preferred stock dividend requirements of
majority owned subsidiaries and trusts 353 55 55 55 55
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Fixed charges 9,607 11,251 11,257 9,336 9,123
Ford preferred stock dividend requirements d/ 22 22 22 22 121
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Total combined fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends $ 9,629 $11,273 $11,279 $ 9,358 $ 9,244
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Ratios
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 1.1 f/ 1.7 2.1 3.7e/
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Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends 1.1 f/ 1.7 2.0 3.6e/
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Discontinued operations are excluded from all amounts.
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a/ Fixed charges, as shown above, adjusted to exclude the amount of interest
capitalized during the period and preferred stock dividend requirements
of majority owned subsidiaries and trusts.
b/ Includes interest, whether expensed or capitalized, and amortization of
debt expense and discount or premium relating to any indebtedness.
c/ One-third of all rental expense is deemed to be interest.
d/ Preferred stock dividend requirements of Ford Motor Company were
increased to an amount representing the pre-tax earnings which would be
required to cover such dividend requirements based on Ford Motor
Company's effective income tax rates.
e/ Earnings used in calculation of this ratio include the $15,955 million
gain on the spin-off of The Associates. Excluding this gain, the ratio is
1.9.
f/ Earnings for the year ended December 31, 2001 were inadequate to cover
fixed charges. The coverage deficiency was $6.7 billion for ratio of
earnings to fixed charges and $6.8 billion for ratio of earnings to
combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends.