Media Credentials For Ford Motor Company's 100th Anniversary Celebration

  WHAT:  Process for obtaining media credentials for Ford Motor Company's
         THE ROAD IS OURS 100th Anniversary Celebration

  WHEN:  June 12-16, 2003

WHERE: Ford Motor Company Henry Ford II World Center (the grounds surrounding Ford World Headquarters), The American Road, Dearborn, Mich.

SUMMARY: To receive a credential for Ford Motor Company's THE ROAD IS OURS 100th Anniversary Celebration, please submit a written request to Afaf Farah at afarah@ford.com .

Credentials will allow media access to all of the displays and concerts for the five-day event. Only accredited media will be granted credentials and evidence of previously published work may be requested before the credential is issued.

Media credentials will not guarantee access to special programs going on during THE ROAD IS OURS 100th Anniversary Celebration. Separate invitations will be sent out regarding those programs and the number of people will be limited to the capacity of each location.

Information packets and credentials will be mailed out in May.

For all other Centennial information, please contact Tom Hoyt at thoyt@ford.com or visit the company's 100th Anniversary Web site at www.ford.com .

Go to http://media.ford.com/ for news releases and high-resolution photographs.

PRNewswire -- April 1