FORD &lt;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.
  

