100 New Dodge Trucks and SUVs Form Convoy to Deliver Hurricane Katrina Relief

   -- First 10 Dodge Dakota trucks depart from the Warren Truck Assembly
      Plant on Sunday, Sept. 11
   -- Employee-driven Dakotas will join additional 90 Dodge Rams and
      Durangos in St. Louis
   -- Vehicles will be loaded with needed relief and rebuilding supplies
      donated by the Chrysler Group from Lowe's in St. Louis

  WHAT:     Employees from the Chrysler Group and the United Auto Workers
            (UAW) will begin a 1,000 mile journey on Sunday, Sept. 11 to
            deliver 100 Dodge Dakotas, Rams and Durangos to support the
            Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in Louisiana, Mississippi and
            Alabama.

            The convoy will start at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant with 10
            Dakotas.  They will join 90 other vehicles in St. Louis, home of
            the Dodge Ram, for the trip to Jackson, Miss.  Fifty vehicles
            will remain in Jackson with 40 vehicles continuing on to Baton
            Rouge, La., and 10 vehicles going on to Montgomery, Ala.

            Before they depart St. Louis, DaimlerChrysler employees will
            load the 20 vehicles with supplies including chainsaws, gloves,
            shovels, sledge hammers and other equipment needed for the clean
            up and reconstruction efforts. Vehicles also will be loaded with
            toiletries, baby goods, food and water.

            The vehicle donation is part of the $4.4 million in assistance
            provided by DaimlerChrysler to the American Red Cross and Gulf
            Coast communities damaged by Hurricane Katrina.

  WHO:      DaimlerChrysler Employees from Auburn Hills
            DaimlerChrysler UAW Employees from Warren Truck Assembly Plant
            UAW Employees from St. Louis Assembly Plant

  WHEN:     Sunday, Sept. 11, 2005, 11:00 a.m.

  WHERE:    Warren Truck Assembly Plant
            21500 Mound Road
            Warren, Michigan

  DETAILS/

            Directions to Warren Truck Assembly Plant:
            Take I-696 to MOUND RD exit.
            Take the MOUND RD exit -- exit number 22.
            Take the MOUND RD SOUTH ramp.
            Merge onto MOUND RD.
            Make a U-TURN onto MOUND RD.
            Follow signs to the salaried parking lot.