Exhibit 12
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Ford Motor Company and Subsidiaries
CALCULATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO COMBINED FIXED CHARGES AND PREFERRED STOCK DIVIDENDS
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(in millions)
First
Half For the Years Ended December 31
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2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
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Earnings
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Income before income taxes $ 5,251 $ 9,854 $24,280 $10,124 $ 6,189 $ 6,335
Equity in net (income)/loss of affiliates
plus dividends from affiliates 23 (12) 87 141 75 205
Adjusted fixed charges a/ 5,353 9,381 9,161 10,896 10,785 10,520
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Earnings $10,627 $19,223 $33,528 $21,161 $17,049 $17,060
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Combined Fixed Charges and
Preferred Stock Dividends
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Interest expense b/ $ 5,188 $ 9,065 $ 8,881 $10,559 $10,450 $10,088
Interest portion of rental expense c/ 136 258 228 297 292 365
Preferred stock dividend requirements of
majority owned subsidiaries and trusts d/ 27 55 55 55 55 204
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Fixed charges 5,351 9,378 9,164 10,911 10,797 10,657
Ford preferred stock dividend requirements e/ 11 22 121 85 100 472
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Total combined fixed charges
and preferred stock dividends $ 5,362 $ 9,400 $ 9,285 $10,996 $10,897 $11,129
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Ratios
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 2.0 2.0 3.7 f/ 1.9 1.6 1.6
Ratio of earnings to combined fixed
charges and preferred stock dividends 2.0 2.0 3.6 f/ 1.9 1.6 1.5
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Visteon is excluded from all amounts.
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a/ Fixed charges, as shown above, adjusted to exclude the amount of interest
capitalized during the period and preferred stock dividend requirements of
majority owned subsidiaries and trusts.
b/ Includes interest, whether expensed or capitalized, and amortization of debt
expense and discount or premium relating to any indebtedness.
c/ One-third of all rental expense is deemed to be interest.
d/ Preferred stock dividend requirements of Ford Holdings, Inc. (1995) increased
to an amount representing the pre-tax earnings which would be required to
cover such dividend requirements based on Ford's effective income tax rates.
Beginning in Fourth Quarter 1995, includes requirements related to
Company-obligated mandatorily redeemable preferred securities of a subsidiary
trust.
e/ Preferred stock dividend requirements of Ford Motor Company increased to an
amount representing the pre-tax earnings which would be required to cover
such dividend requirements based on Ford Motor Company's effective income tax
rates.
f/ Earnings used in calculation of this ratio include the $15,955 million gain
on the spin-off of The Associates. Excluding this gain, the ratio is 1.9.
