Exhibit 24.B

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                     WITH RESPECT TO REGISTRATION STATEMENTS
            COVERING COMMON STOCK, DEBT SECURITIES, LEASE SECURITIES,
          GUARANTEES AND OTHER SECURITIES ISSUED BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY

     Each of the  undersigned,  a  director,  officer or  employee of FORD MOTOR
COMPANY (the "Company"),  appoints each of Peter J. Sherry, Jr., L. J. Ghilardi,
K. S. Lamping, M. F. Marecki, D. J. Cropsey,  and E.J. Lukas his or her true and
lawful  attorney and agent to do any and all acts and things and execute any and
all instruments  which the attorney and agent may deem necessary or advisable in
order to enable the  Company to  register  the  above-captioned  securities  for
issuance and sale under,  and otherwise to comply with,  the  Securities  Act of
1933  and any  requirements  of the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  (the
"Commission")  in respect  thereof,  including  but not  limited  to,  power and
authority  to sign  his or her  name  (whether  on  behalf  of the  Company,  or
otherwise) to one or more Registration Statements and any amendments thereto, or
any of the exhibits,  financial  statements and schedules,  or the prospectuses,
filed  therewith,  and to file them with the Commission,  all as authorized at a
meeting  of the  Board of  Directors  of the  Company  held on April  12,  2000,
adjourned,  and reconvened on April 13, 2000. Each of the  undersigned  ratifies
and  confirms all that any of the  attorneys  and agents shall do or cause to be
done by virtue  hereof.  Any one of the attorneys and agents shall have, and may
exercise, all the powers conferred by this instrument.

     Each of the  undersigned  has  signed his or her name as of the 10th day of
May, 2000.




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(William Clay Ford, Jr.)                          (Jacques A. Nasser)



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(Michael D. Dingman)                              (Edsel B. Ford II)



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(William Clay Ford)                               (Irvine O. Hockaday, Jr.)



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(Marie-Josee Kravis)                              (Ellen R. Marram)


/s/Homer A. Neal
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(Homer A. Neal)                                   (Jorma J. Ollila)


                                                   /s/Robert E. Rubin
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(Carl E. Reichardt)                               (Robert E. Rubin)


/s/John L. Thornton
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(John L. Thornton)                                (Henry D.G. Wallace)



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(William A. Swift)