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FORD MOTOR CO 8-K Report, Corporate Update (Sep 10, 2008)

Filed September 10, 2008For Securities:FF-PCF-PDF-PB

Summary

Ford Motor Company (F) has filed a Current Report on Form 8-K to announce its participation in the SEC's voluntary XBRL program. This filing primarily serves to provide XBRL-formatted financial data from their previously filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008. The company is attaching several exhibits containing XBRL data, including an "Intelligent Financial StatementTM" which allows users to view XBRL data embedded within a PDF document. It is crucial for investors to understand that the XBRL-formatted information provided in this 8-K is unaudited and is intended for testing purposes by the SEC. Ford explicitly advises investors to rely on the formal financial statements contained in their August 8, 2008, 10-Q filing for investment decisions. This 8-K does not present new financial performance information but rather a new format for existing data.

Key Highlights

  • 1Ford Motor Company is submitting financial data in XBRL format as part of a voluntary SEC program.
  • 2The XBRL data is derived from Ford's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2008.
  • 3An "Intelligent Financial StatementTM" (PDF) is included, which embeds XBRL data for interactive viewing.
  • 4The company explicitly states that the XBRL information is unaudited.
  • 5Investors are cautioned not to rely on the XBRL files for investment decisions.
  • 6The formal 10-Q filing dated August 8, 2008, remains the authoritative source for financial information.
  • 7This filing does not contain new financial results or material business updates beyond the XBRL data formatting.

Frequently Asked Questions

The primary purpose of this 8-K filing is to provide Ford's financial information from its June 30, 2008, 10-Q report in a new format called XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). This is part of a voluntary program by the SEC to test the XBRL technology.

No, Ford explicitly advises investors that the XBRL information in this filing is unaudited and intended for testing purposes. Investors should continue to rely on the formal financial statements presented in Ford's previously filed 10-Q report dated August 8, 2008, for making investment decisions.

No, this filing does not present new financial results or performance updates. It only reformats existing financial data from the June 30, 2008, quarterly report into the XBRL format for SEC testing.

The "Intelligent Financial StatementTM" is a supplemental PDF file attached to this 8-K. It contains financial information from Ford's 10-Q report with XBRL data embedded, allowing users to view the data and see how it is tagged in XBRL by hovering over it with a mouse.