17,500 Ford Flexifuel Vehicles Sold Across Europe

COLOGNE - February 7, 2008: Ford of Europe sold 17,500 bio-ethanolpowered Flexifuel vehicles across Europe last year. This marks an increaseof 60 per cent compared to the previous year and a sales record. InJanuary, Ford had announced a sales record for 2007 across its entireEuropean vehicle range (including Flexifuel), with a 5.4 per cent (93,500units) increase to 1,833,600 units vs 2006.

"Our European sales record in 2007 confirms that our vehicles continueto attract more and more customers to the Ford brand. And I am more thandelighted that our Flexifuel vehicles are part of that success," said JanBrentebraten, director, Flexifuel / Alternative Fuel Vehicles Strategy,Marketing and Sales, Ford of Europe.

"We have every reason to be optimistic that our momentum will continue,as in early 2008 we will extend our existing Flexifuel range by addingthree new models. Together with our brand-new Ford ECOnetic line ofultra-low CO2 conventional technology vehicles, this will give us one ofthe broadest ranges – and the customer a broad choice - of low CO2,yet affordable vehicles in Europe," he added.

The all-new Mondeo, the Ford Galaxy and the Ford S-MAX will be madeavailable with Flexifuel powertrains from early 2008, and join the existingFocus and C-MAX Flexifuel line-up.

Ford is the market pioneer of flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) in Europewhere it has sold more than 45.000 Ford Flexifuel units since marketintroduction in Sweden seven years ago. Ford can also claim the largestowner body for FFVs in Europe as a result of this industry-leadinginitiative.

While the majority of these FFVs have been sold in Sweden, the twocurrent models – the Ford Focus and C-MAX Flexifuel – haveprogressively been made available in 16 European markets, including Sweden,Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, Ireland, Austria, France, Spain,Switzerland, Norway, Belgium, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, andDenmark – with more likely to come.

All of Ford's Flexifuel vehicles can be fuelled with bio-ethanol E85 (ablend of 85 per cent bio-ethanol and 15 per cent petrol). Bio-ethanol fuelis available at a rapidly increasing number of fuel stations across Europe(currently, more than 1000 fuel stations offer E85 in Sweden; outside ofSweden, there are at least 375 E85 filling stations). And - as the nameindicates - Ford Flexifuel vehicles can also be fuelled with petrol, or anymixture of E85 and petrol in the same tank, as an alternative toconventional petrol technology only.

The combined use of bio-ethanol as a fuel and Ford's Flexifueltechnology can reduce total life cycle ('well-to-wheel') CO2 emissions bybetween 30 per cent and 80 per cent (depending on feedstock used andproduction process; source: EUCAR Concawe study; vs. conventional petroltechnology), without compromising performance and driving quality.

Ford believes bio-fuels represent an opportunity to make mobility moresustainable and the company welcomes European Union and individual EUgovernment initiatives to create a certification for sustainable productionof bio-fuels.