Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA [Abstract]

Schedule of quarterly financial data [Table Text Block]

Selected financial data by calendar quarter were as follows (in millions, except per share amounts):

	2011								2010
Automotive Sector	First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter		First Quarter		Second Quarter		Third Quarter		Fourth Quarter
Sales	$	31,038	$	33,476	$	31,043	$	32,611	$	28,894	$	32,564	$	27,592	$	30,230
Operating income/(loss)	2,119		1,878		1,224		542		1,535		2,312		1,334		608
Income/(Loss) before income taxes	2,070		2,004		1,241		935		1,320		1,972		1,126		(272		)
Financial Services Sector
Revenues	2,076		2,051		2,004		1,965		2,672		2,503		2,301		2,198
Income/(Loss) before income taxes	706		602		605		518		815		875		761		552
Total Company
Income/(Loss) before income taxes	2,776		2,606		1,846		1,453		2,135		2,847		1,887		280
Amounts Attributable to Ford Motor Company Common and Class B Shareholders
Income/(Loss) from continuing operations before cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles	2,551		2,398		1,649		13,615		2,085		2,599		1,687		190
Net income/(loss)	2,551		2,398		1,649		13,615		2,085		2,599		1,687		190
Common and Class B per share from income/(loss) from continuing operations before cumulative effects of changes in accounting principles
Basic	0.68		0.63		0.43		3.58		0.62		0.76		0.49		0.05
Diluted	0.61		0.59		0.41		3.40		0.50		0.61		0.43		0.05