Exhibit 99


                                      Ford


NEWS

Contact:        George Pipas
                313-323-9216
                gpipas@ford.com


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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPORTS NOVEMBER U.S. SALES

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o Mustang stampede is on; total sales up 12 percent, retail sales up 50 percent.
o Ford Five Hundred, Ford Freestyle, and Mercury Montego sales increase 62
  percent.
o Ford Escape sets new calendar year sales record; best sales month for Mercury
  Mariner.
o Ford F-Series truck posts 15th consecutive sales increase.
o Volvo sets November sales record on higher S40/V50 sales.
o All-new LR3 boosts Land Rover to record November sales.
o Ford's overall sales totaled 236,855, down 7 percent compared with year ago.
o Ford announces first quarter 2005 North American production plan.

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DEARBORN,  Mich.,  Dec 1 - The  Mustang  stampede is on. In  November,  sales of
Ford's  legendary pony car totaled  12,816,  up 12 percent  compared with a year
ago. That is only part of the story.  Retail sales to individual  customers were
50 percent higher than a year ago.

"This is a fantastic  result," said Jim O'Connor,  Ford's group vice  president,
North American Marketing,  Sales and Service.  "Normally,  we have to wait until
spring to see Mustang sales at this level."

Sales for the company's new full-size sedans and crossover sport utility vehicle
also are increasing. Combined sales for the Ford Five Hundred and Freestyle and
Mercury Montego totaled 9,395, up 62 percent compared with October.

Overall,  the company's U.S. sales totaled  236,855 in November,  down 7 percent
compared with a year ago.  Year-to-date,  the company's  U.S. sales totaled 3.04
million, down 5 percent.



The Ford Escape set a new  calendar  year sales record - with one month to go in
2004. November sales for the Escape totaled 12,815 (including 894 hybrid models)
bringing  year-to-date  sales to  169,122.  The  previous  calendar  year record
(167,678) was set last year.

The Mariner,  Mercury's new compact sport utility vehicle, posted November sales
2,308 - its best sales month so far.

Ford's F-Series truck achieved its fifteenth consecutive monthly sales increase.
November  sales  totaled  66,477,  up 3 percent.  Year-to-date,  F-Series  sales
totaled  844,119,  up 11 percent.  The calendar  year record for F-Series  sales
(911,597) was set in 2001.

Volvo posted record November sales of 10,889,  up 3 percent,  reflecting the new
S40 sedan and V50 sport  wagon as well as  continued  strong  sales of the XC90.
Year-to-date, Volvo sales totaled 126,860, up 3 percent.

The all-new LR3 boosted Land Rover to its best ever November  sales result.  LR3
sales were 1,307 in its  introductory  month.  Total Land Rover sales were up 28
percent.

North American Production Plans
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The company plans to build 930,000 vehicles (280,000 cars and 650,000 trucks) in
its North  American  assembly  plants in the first  quarter  2005.  In the first
quarter 2004, the company produced  1,008,000 vehicles (307,000 cars and 701,000
trucks).  The  year-to-year  decline in  production  of 78,000 units (8 percent)
primarily reflects previously  announced capacity reduction actions (elimination
of one shift at St. Louis Assembly Plant and the closure of the Edison  Assembly
Plant).

In the fourth  quarter of 2004,  the  company  plans to build  830,000  vehicles
(225,000 cars and 605,000 trucks), unchanged from the previously announced plan.

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