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FORD MOTOR CO 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Mar 19, 2008)

Filed March 19, 2008For Securities:FF-PCF-PDF-PB

Summary

Ford Motor Company (F) filed this Form 8-K on March 19, 2008, primarily to provide supplemental financial information in XBRL format, stemming from their previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. This filing is part of the SEC's voluntary XBRL program, designed to test the eXtensible Business Reporting Language format for financial data. Investors should note that the XBRL-formatted data, including the "Intelligent Financial StatementTM" provided as an exhibit, is considered unaudited and is not a substitute for the formal financial statements contained in the 10-K. Ford explicitly states that investors should rely on the original 10-K filing for investment decisions and that the XBRL information should not be relied upon. The purpose is for technological testing by the SEC.

Key Highlights

  • 1Ford Motor Company filed a Form 8-K on March 19, 2008, primarily for the submission of XBRL-formatted financial data.
  • 2The XBRL data is derived from the company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.
  • 3This filing is part of the SEC's voluntary XBRL program to test the eXtensible Business Reporting Language technology.
  • 4Ford explicitly cautions investors that the XBRL-formatted financial information is unaudited.
  • 5Investors are directed to rely on the official Form 10-K filing, not the XBRL data, for investment decisions.
  • 6The supplemental XBRL exhibits include an Instance Document, Schema Document, and various Linkbase Documents (Presentation, Calculation, Label).

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this 8-K filing is to provide financial data from Ford's 2007 10-K in XBRL format as part of the SEC's voluntary XBRL program for testing purposes. It is not intended to introduce new financial information or material changes.

No, Ford explicitly states that the XBRL-formatted information is unaudited and is not the formal financial statement. Investors should rely solely on the information presented in the official Form 10-K filing for making investment decisions.

XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is a global standard for exchanging business information. It is an XML-based standard that allows financial data to be tagged, making it easier for software to process, analyze, and share.

Even though the data originates from audited financial statements in the 10-K, the specific XBRL tagging and formatting process itself has not undergone an independent audit or assurance process. This is common for early XBRL submissions as the technology is being tested and refined.