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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23



                      CONSENT OF COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Re:  Ford Motor Credit Company Registration Statement
     Nos. 333-45015, 333-41059, 333-40477, 33-62973, 33-24928 and 33-64237, 
     on Form S-3


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the above Ford Motor Credit
Company Registration Statements of our report dated January 26, 1998 on our
audits of the consolidated financial statements of Ford Motor Credit Company
and Subsidiaries at December 31, 1997 and 1996 and for each of the three years
in the period ended December 31, 1997 included in Ford Motor Credit Company's
Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 3, 1998.



/s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Detroit, Michigan
February 3, 1998