DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it was launching offers to restructure its debt through a combination of conversion and cash tender offers.

Ford said it was making available up to $2.2 billion cash to restructure its debt.

The automaker had $25.8 billion of automotive debt as of the end 2008.

Ford has the potential to restructure up to $10.4 billion of debt, given the cash available and the prices, the company said

(Reporting by Poornima Gupta)

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