FORD <F> EUROPE EARNINGS UP 71 PCT LAST YEAR
Ford Europe's net earnings soared by 71
per cent last year to 559 mln dlrs, Kenneth Whipple, chairman
of Ford Europe, said.
    Whipple, here to attend the Geneva Auto Show which opens on
Thursday, said that the Ford Motor Co unit had sold a record
1.5 million vehicles in Europe in 1986.
    Net earnings were 326 mln dlrs in 1985.
    Sales in 1986 represented 11.8 per cent of the European
market share, Whipple said. Ford will invest 1.2 billion
dollars in Europe in 1987, and a total of seven billion over
the next seven years, he added.
 Reuter
