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Picture dated 21 October 2003 shows Nick Scheele, President and COO of Ford Motor Company, at the Tokyo International Automative Conference. Ford president Nick Scheele is retiring and being replaced by chief operating officer Jim Padilla, the US carmaker announced Thursday, 09 December 2004. Padilla, 58, was also elected to the board of directors. He will take up both of his new posts on February 01, said the second-largest carmaker in the United States, which is based in suburban Detroit. (KEYSTONE/EPA)