Ford does not expect to be profitable in North America until 2009.

As Ford expected, the man's grip tried to crush his hand.

Ford, he said, expected three to four more years of strong sales.

Ford expects to post a small profit for the third quarter, which would be its first in more than a year.

Ford still expects 1996 to be stronger than 1995, he said.

Ford still expects record truck sales of 6.6 million this year.

Ford expects sales to rebound to 15.3 million next year.

But he did not say when that would happen or what share of the American market Ford eventually expected to hold.

In the fourth quarter, Ford expects its plants to run at 111 percent.

He said that Ford expected to meet its goal of cutting $1 billion in costs during 1997.