FORD MOTOR CO — Director's Dealing 2005

Mar 14, 2005

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: FORD MOTOR CO (F)
CIK: 0000037996
Period of Report: 2005-03-11

Reporting Person: ROSS DENNIS E (Vice Pres. and Gen. Counsel)

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2005-03-11	LTI Rights	$	A	8500	Acquired		Common Stock, $0.01 par value (8500)	Direct
2005-03-11	LTI Rights	$	F	201	Disposed		Common Stock, $0.01 par value (201)	Direct
2005-03-11	LTI Rights	$	J	8299	Disposed		Common Stock, $0.01 par value (8299)	Direct
2005-03-11	Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$12.49	A	16000	Acquired	2015-03-10	Common Stock, $0.01 par value (16000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	52508	Direct
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	2455	Indirect

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$12.25	2007-03-13	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	21648	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$22.65	2008-03-12	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	52152	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$31.95	2009-03-11	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	39893	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$22.73	2010-03-09	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	39893	Direct
BEP Ford Stock Fund Units	$		Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	23775	Direct
DCP Ford Stock Fund Units	$		Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	32008	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$30.19	2011-03-08	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	50000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$13.26	2014-03-11	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	31000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$16.91	2012-03-14	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	65000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$7.55	2013-03-18	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	42000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.78	2012-12-05	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	50000	Direct
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$9.72	2012-12-10	Common Stock, $0.01 par value ()	75000	Direct

Footnotes

F1: The option became exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (3/14/1997), 66%
after two years, and in full after three years.

F2: The option became exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (3/13/1998), 66%
after two years, and in full after three years.

F3: The option became exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (3/12/1999), 66%
after two years, and in full after three years.

F4: The option became exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (3/10/2000), 66%
after two years, and in full after three years.

F5: These Ford Stock Fund Units were credited to my account by the Company, without payment by me, in transactions exempt under Rule 16b-3(c), under the Company's Benefit Equalization Plan, and included in my most recent plan statement. In general, these Ford Stock Fund Units will be converted and distributed to me, without payment, in cash, following termination of employment, based on the then current price of a Ford Stock Fund Unit and the then current market value of a share of Common Stock.

F6: These long-term incentive rights, exempt under Rule 16b-3(d), represent the amount of a Final Award that would have been issued and distributed to me, without payment by me, on this date in shares of Common Stock had I not elected to defer in cash under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.

F7: These LTI rights were withheld by the Company to cover my income tax liability relating to a deferral of a Final Award under the
Company's 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

F8: The reported transaction, exempt under Rule 16b-3, represents the conversion, without payment by me, of long-term incentive rights to the right to receive cash from the Company based on my elections under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, after termination of employment.

F9: This option was granted under the Company's 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan without payment by me. The option is exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (03/11/2005), 66% after two years, and in full after three years.

F10: These Ford Stock Fund Units were credited to my account by the Company, in transactions exempt under Rule 16b-3(c), under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, and included in my most recent plan statement. In general, these Ford Stock Fund Units will be converted and distributed to me, without payment, in cash, on the March 15 following termination of employment, based on the then current price of a Ford Stock Fund Unit and the then current market value of a share of Common Stock.

F11: The option became exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (3/9/2001), 66%
after two years, and in full after three years.

F12: The option is exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (03/12/2004), 66% af
ter two years, and in full after three years.

F13: The option is exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (03/15/2002), 66% af
ter two years, and in full after three years.

F14: The option is exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (03/19/2003), 66% af
ter two years, and in full after three years.

F15: The option is exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (12/6/2002), 66% aft
er two years, and in full after three years.

F16: The option is exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (12/11/2002), 66% af
ter two years, and in full after three years.