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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * FLEMING JOHN   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol FORD MOTOR CO [F] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) Group Vice President (Last) (First) (Middle) FORD WERKE GMBH, NIEHL PLANT, BUILDING A 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 03/10/2006 (Street) COLOGNE, 2M 50725 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$ 7.83	03/10/2006		A(1)		40,000		(1)	03/09/2016	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	40,000	(1)	40,000	D
Ford Stock Equivalents	(2)	03/10/2006		A(2)		5,175		(2)	(2)	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	5,175	(2)	5,175	D
LTI Rights	(3)	03/10/2006		A(3)		2,300		(3)	(3)	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	2,300	(3)	2,300	D
LTI Rights	(4)	03/10/2006		F(4)			298	(4)	(4)	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	298	$ 7.83	2,002	D
LTI Rights	(5)	03/10/2006		J(5)			2,002	(5)	(5)	Common Stock, $0.01 par value	2,002	(5)	0	D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
FLEMING JOHN FORD WERKE GMBH NIEHL PLANT, BUILDING A COLOGNE, 2M 50725			Group Vice President

Signatures

/s/Kathryn S. Lamping, Attorney-in-Fact		03/14/2006
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	This option was granted under the Company's 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan without payment by me. The option is exercisable to the extent of 33% of the shares optioned after one year from the date of grant (03/10/2006), 66% after two years, and in full after three years.
(2)	These Ford Stock Equivalents were acquired under the Company's 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan without payment by me. These Ford Stock Equivalents will be converted and distributed to me, without payment, in shares of Common Stock on March 10, 2007.
(3)	These long-term incentive rights, exempt under Rule 16b-3(d), represent the amount of a Final Award that would have been issued and distributed to me, without payment by me, on this date in shares of Common Stock had I not elected to defer in cash under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan.
(4)	These LTI rights were withheld by the Company to cover my income tax liability relating to a deferral of a Final Award under the Company's 1998 Long-Term Incentive Plan.
(5)	The reported transaction, exempt under Rule 16b-3, represents the conversion, without payment by me, of long-term incentive rights to the right to receive cash from the Company based on my elections under the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, after termination of employment.

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