Fitch Rates Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2013-A

  Fitch Rates Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust 2013-A

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NEW YORK -- February 26, 2013

Fitch Ratings assigns the following ratings to the Ford Credit Auto Owner
Trust 2013-A notes:

--$307,100,000 class A-1 'F1+sf';

--$415,300,000 class A-2 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--$420,700,000 class A-3 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--$106,850,000 class A-4 'AAAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--$39,470,000 class B 'AAsf'; Outlook Stable;

--$26,310,000 class C 'Asf'; Outlook Stable;

--$26,310,000 class D 'BBBsf'; Outlook Stable.

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Applicable Criteria and Related Research:

--'Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria' (June 6, 2012);

--'U.S. Auto Loan ABS Rating Criteria' (April 16, 2012);

--'Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance Transactions'(May 20, 2012);

--'Structured Finance Tranche Thickness Metrics' (July 29, 2011).

Applicable Criteria and Related Research

Global Structured Finance Rating Criteria

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=679923

Rating Criteria for U.S. Auto Loan ABS

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=674859

Counterparty Criteria for Structured Finance Transactions

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=678938

Structured Finance Tranche Thickness Metrics

http://www.fitchratings.com/creditdesk/reports/report_frame.cfm?rpt_id=646951

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