Ford Press Release: 250 Millionth Ford to Roll Off the Line this Year

06/18/96

250-MILLIONTH FORD WILL BE BUILT THIS YEAR

DEARBORN, Mich., June 16 -- Ford Motor Company
has put a lot of people on wheels -- a billion wheels, actually.

Later this year, a century after Henry Ford took his first
quadricycle out for a spin, the company bearing his name will build
its 250-millionth vehicle.

    --  All told, the number of Fords produced throughout history would
        stretch bumper-to-bumper around the world 30 times.
    --  They'd reach 756,000 miles into space -- to the moon and another
        half-million miles beyond.
    --  And they're estimated to have carried Ford customers in more
        than 200 countries some 25 trillion miles.
    --  Since the first Ford -- a Model A -- was built and sold on
        June 16, 1903 (93 years ago today), Ford factories have pumped
        out an average of more than eight cars or trucks each minute.
        Today's pace averages 20 vehicles each minute.

Ford cars and trucks are built today in 47 assembly plants in 18
countries.  Best-sellers over the years have included the famous Model
T -- with more than 15 million built between 1906 and 1927.  Henry
Ford's beloved Tin Lizzy has since been topped by cars bearing the
Ford Escort badge, with nearly 18 million built, as well as the
F-Series pickup, nearing the 22 million mark.

By the end of 1995, Ford's top ten nameplates alone had boosted
the company beyond the 100 million mark, a testimony to the vitality
of some of the most famous brands in automotive history:

           1.   F-Series       21,789,065
           2.   Escort         17,592,216
           3.   Model T        15,458,781
           4.   Galaxie        12,085,968
           5.   Fiesta          8,854,376
           6.   Mustang         7,072,438
           7.   Fairlane        6,260,977
           8.   Model A         4,320,446
           9.   Thunderbird     4,169,313
          10.   Taurus          3,924,669