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Ford Motor Company Directors Elect Beattie Vice President - Investor Relations

14 July 2000

Ford Motor Company Directors Elect Beattie Vice President - Investor Relations

    DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Company today announced that its Board of 
Directors elected Richard N. Beattie to the new position of Vice President - 
Investor Relations.

    Beattie most recently was president and chief executive officer of Mazda
North American Operations, Mazda Motor Corp.'s U.S. and Canadian distributor.
His successor at Mazda was not named and will be the subject of a separate
announcement.

    In his new position, Beattie will be responsible for communication with
institutional and retail shareholders as well as Wall Street analysts and
other investors.  He will report to Henry Wallace, Group Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, and Jac Nasser, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Ford Motor Company.  The appointment is effective September 1.

    "Richard has had a wide range of experiences -- in Finance, Sales and
Marketing, Mazda operations and international management," said Wallace.  "His
broad background will serve him well in representing Ford with its
shareholders and the investment community."

    Beattie re-joins Ford after three years at Mazda.  He started his career
at Ford in 1973 as a trainee in the Finance Department.  He proceeded through
a series of Finance positions of increasing responsibility.

    In 1990, he was named Marketing Plans Manager at Ford Division in Detroit.
Three years later, he became Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Jaguar
Cars in Mahwah, N.J.  He returned to Ford in Detroit as Executive Director of
Rental, Lease and Remarketing Operations.  Before his position at Mazda, he
had been Executive Director of Americas and Worldwide Export Operations for
Ford Motor Co.

    Beattie received his bachelor's degree in Business Studies at Coventry
University in Coventry, England.