<ARTICLE> 5 <LEGEND> Financial Services Segment - This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from Ford's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 15, 1999 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> 3-MOS <FISCAL-YEAR-END> DEC-31-1999 <PERIOD-END> MAR-31-1999 <CASH> 1,743 <SECURITIES> 804 <RECEIVABLES> 133,976 <ALLOWANCES> 0 <INVENTORY> 0 <CURRENT-ASSETS> 0 <PP&E> 0 <DEPRECIATION> 0 <TOTAL-ASSETS> 152,071 <CURRENT-LIABILITIES> 0 <BONDS> 124,887 <COMMON> 0 <PREFERRED-MANDATORY> 0 <PREFERRED> 0 <OTHER-SE> 0 <TOTAL-LIABILITY-AND-EQUITY> 0 <SALES> 5,952 <TOTAL-REVENUES> 5,952 <CGS> 0 <TOTAL-COSTS> 5,433 <OTHER-EXPENSES> 0 <LOSS-PROVISION> 391 <INTEREST-EXPENSE> 1,888 <INCOME-PRETAX> 547 <INCOME-TAX> 0 <INCOME-CONTINUING> 0 <DISCONTINUED> 0 <EXTRAORDINARY> 0 <CHANGES> 0 <NET-INCOME> 0 <EPS-PRIMARY> 0 <EPS-DILUTED> 0