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DaimlerChrysler Board Ignores Call For Responsible Corporate Citizenship

5 January 2000

DaimlerChrysler Board Ignores Call For Responsible Corporate Citizenship - Revised Feuling Update

    DETROIT, Jan. 5 -- Jim Feuling's open letter to
DaimlerChrysler's Board of Directors titled "A Call For Responsible Corporate
Citizenship," published in Automotive News on August 2, received the Roper
Starch Worldwide Inc top ranking for "readership among auto industry leaders."
The ad received an index rating of 279 awareness points compared to second-
highest ad, a Ford of Canada ad at 187.  Compared to other advertisements in
Automotive News, readers who saw the Feuling letter read the text of the
entire ad.
    The special full-page ad was placed by Feuling Advanced Technologies, to
attempt resolution of patent infringement by DaimlerChrysler.  The German
conglomerate has been using Feuling patented three-valve technology in the
majority of its Mercedes-Benz passenger car and truck engines built since
l997.
    Jim Feuling stated, "To date we have not received a response from
DaimlerChrysler's Board of Directors.  DaimlerChrysler continues to ignore the
authority of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.  They now have escalated
the legal issue by introducing the new Mercedes Benz 5.5L V-8 and 5.8L V-12
engines that also utilize our patented three-valve technology.  Stuttgart's
bunker mentality and historic lack of respect for the rights and property of
others is grossly appare patent
infringement matter."
    Feuling added that his company has been overwhelmed with calls from
consumers seeking information on the status of the DaimlerChrysler patent
infringement lawsuit and in response, the company has created a new web site:
http://www.mercedes-lawsuits.com .  This site allows visitors to follow the progress
of the three-valve lawsuit, along with other DaimlerChrysler lawsuits, as well
as links to related sites.
    Feuling estimated there are currently more than 500,000 Mercedes-Benz
vehicles in the United States using the patented three-valve technology and
noted that those vehicles could be subject to recall, for removal of the
patented components.
    "We expect the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) to look into the fact that although we put Daimler on notice
regarding the three-valve patent infringement issue back in 1997, Stuttgart
did not disclose this very serious issue to the Chrysler Corporation and its
stockholders prior to their merger," Feuling added.  "It's obvious that
Daimler likes our patented technology.  It enables Mercedes-Benz to meet
stringent new Environmental Protection Agency and California Air Resources
Board emission standards while improving power and fuel economy."
    Feuling Advanced Technologies holds four U. S. patents for three-valve
cylinder head design in addition to more than 100 U.S. and foreign patents and
trademarks.  Feuling is a leading automotive design company with more than 25
years of experience with top OEMs including Ford, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, OMC,
Cessna, John Deere and Harley-Davidson.