WEEKLY FORD NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCTION REPORT - WEEK ENDING DECEMBER 19, 2004

DEARBORN, Mich., Dec. 22 - Ford Motor Company's North American vehicle production for the week ending December 19 is summarized below:

	Car	Truck	Total
United States	18,463	51,572	70,035
Canada	4,329	2,376	6,705
Mexico	1,608	801	2,409
Total	24,400	54,749	79,149

The following U.S. and Canadian assembly plants are working overtime this week: Chicago (Ford Five Hundred, Ford Freestyle, and Mercury Montego), Dearborn Truck Plant (Ford F-Series), Kansas City Truck (Ford F-Series), Kansas City SUV (Ford Escape and Mazda Tribute), Ohio (Mercury Mariner), and Lorain (Ford Econoline).

Next week (December 27), production will be suspended at all North American assembly plants because of the annual holiday vacation. As previously announced, all plants will resume production on Monday January 3 except Hermosillo (Ford Focus), Michigan Truck (Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator), Oakville (Ford Freestar and Mercury Monterey), St. Thomas (Ford Crown Victoria and Mercury Grand Marquis), and Wixom (Lincoln Town Car, Lincoln LS, and Ford Thunderbird). Production at these plants will resume January 10.