NEW YORK (Standard&Poor's) Jan. 27, 2012--Standard&Poor's Ratings Services said today that it views Ford Motor Co.'s (BB+/Stable/--) fourth-quarter results and the company's outlook for 2012, both announced today, as consistent with our assumptions incorporated in the fall 2011 upgrade. Ford's automotive operating cash flow in the quarter was only $700 million (after a working capital use of $400 million); for 2011 it was $5.6 billion. For the rating, we assume Ford will generate annual automotive operating cash flow in its global automotive operations of at least $2 billion-$3 billion in the next few years. The automaker announced a consolidated pretax profit of $1.1 billion for the fourth quarter (excluding special items), down about 15% year over
