Exhibit



                                      Ford


NEWS

Contact:    George Pipas
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            gpipas@ford.com

IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPORTS JUNE U.S. SALES INCREASED FROM YEAR AGO

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o Ford Motor Company's June U.S. sales totaled 289,449, up 1 percent compared
  with a year ago.
o Cars continue upward climb paced by Ford Mustang, Ford Five Hundred and
  Mercury Montego.  June car sales up 9 percent capping first half sales
  increase.
o Trucks lower but stronger than previous months.

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DEARBORN, Mich., July 1 - Ford Motor Company posted its first monthly sales
increase of 2005. In June, U.S. customers purchased or leased 289,449 cars and
trucks from Ford, Mercury, Lincoln, Jaguar, Land Rover and Volvo dealers, up 1
percent compared with a year ago.

Car sales totaled 100,438, up 9 percent from last June. This was the largest
increase in car sales since December 2002. In the first half, sales of passenger
cars were up 1 percent.

"We're pleased with the overall result this month," said Steve Lyons, Ford group
vice president North America Marketing, Sales and Service. "On the car side, we
are benefiting from the new products we introduced late last year. We expect to
build on this momentum when the new Ford Fusion, Mercury Milan, and Lincoln
Zephyr debut this fall."






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Among the products introduced last fall, Ford Mustang continues to post
impressive gains despite limited availability. In June, Mustang sales were
14,470, up 80 percent from a year ago. In the first half, Mustang sales totaled
96,011, up 31 percent.

The company's new full-size sedans continued to post strong sales. The Ford Five
Hundred and Mercury Montego combined for 10,823 sales in June with 85 percent
delivered to retail customers. The Ford Freestyle crossover utility posted it
best sales month so far (6,820) bringing combined sales for all three Chicago
products to 17,643. First half sales for these products totaled 96,424.

Among trucks, the company continued to see higher sales among crossover utility
vehicles. Combined sales for the Ford Freestyle, Ford Escape, Mercury Mariner,
and Volvo's XC70 and XC90 were 28,342, up 31 percent compared with a year ago.
Combined sales for traditional sport utility vehicles SUVs were off 3 percent in
June.

Ford's F-Series truck posted June sales of 72,485, down 3 percent from a year
ago.

The largest declines in the truck segment were minivans (where Ford's Freestar
and Mercury Monterey combined for a decline of 50 percent) and compact pickups
(Ford Ranger sales were down 26 percent).










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