Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) World Engine Production Launch

  *  Volume production begins for new family of four-cylinder engines
  *  Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Chrysler Group President and
     CEO Tom LaSorda host kick-off event at newly operational Dundee, Mich.
     facility
  *  Media briefing and plant tour scheduled for Monday, Oct. 3

WHAT: Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance (GEMA) begins volume production of the highly anticipated World Engine at the first of two Dundee, Mich., facilities.

Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Chrysler Group President and CEO Tom LaSorda, along with Chrysler Group executives and GEMA board members, will host a Job One production kick-off event and tour of the newly operational Dundee facility.

  WHO:    *  Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm
          *  Tom LaSorda, President and CEO - Chrysler Group
          *  Bruce Coventry, President - GEMA
          *  Bruce Baumbach, Plant Manager - GEMA

  WHEN:   Monday, October 3, 2005
          - 2:00 p.m. -- Welcome reception
          - 2:30 p.m. -- Event kick-off with Q&A and photo opportunity
          - 3:20 - 4:15 p.m. -- Plant tours
          - 4:15 - 5:00 p.m. -- Roundtable and one-on-one interviews

  WHERE:  Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance
          5800 North Ann Arbor Road
          Dundee, Mich.  48131