<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> Financial Services Segment - This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Ford's Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 1995 and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements. The error message indicated on this FDS is a result of the EDGAR system's inability to accept multiple Article 5 Financial Data Schedules. Accordingly, the error message should be ignored. </LEGEND> <CIK> 0000037996 <NAME> FORD MOTOR COMPANY <MULTIPLIER> 1,000,000 <PERIOD-TYPE> 9-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1995 <PERIOD-END> SEP-30-1995 <CASH> 1,943 <SECURITIES> 7,187 <RECEIVABLES> 144,117 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 0 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 0 <PP&E> 0 <DEPRECIATION> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 166,761 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 0 <BONDS> 135,912 <COMMON> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <OTHER-SE> 0 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 0 <SALES> 19,691 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 19,691 <CGS> 0 <TOTAL-COSTS> 17,170 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 1,337 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 6,948 <INCOME-PRETAX> 2,622 <INCOME-TAX> 0 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 0 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 0 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0 <EPS-DILUTED> 0