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DaimlerChrysler Announces New Senior Vice President - Design

22 June 2000

John E. Herlitz retires; replaced by Trevor M. Creed

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - DaimlerChrysler Corporation announced Wednesday the 
appointment of Trevor M. Creed Senior Vice President - Design, effective 
July 1, 2000.  Creed replaces John E. Herlitz, who has announced his intent to 
retire in early 2001.  In the interim, Herlitz will take on a special 
assignment in the company's Design department.

    "We are very pleased to tap Trevor Creed as Senior Vice President,
Design," said Thomas C. Gale, Executive Vice President - Chrysler Product
Development, Design and General Manager Passenger Car Operations.  "Trevor's
extensive international design experience in advanced design, exterior,
interior and color & trim makes him the ideal candidate to take the baton from
retiring John Herlitz and continue to accelerate DaimlerChrysler in automotive
design."

    Creed, who most recently served as Vice President - Large Car, Small Car
and Minivan Design joined DaimlerChrysler in 1985, after nearly a twenty year
career with Ford Motor Company in European and North American assignments.

    "John Herlitz has made a tremendous contribution to DaimlerChrysler, and
we will miss him personally and professionally," said Gale.  "John's design
signature has been seen on Chrysler branded vehicles from 1968.  He has a true
passion for cars and vehicle design that is unparalleled in the industry."
Herlitz began his career at Chrysler Corporation in 1968 as a Manager of the
Plymouth Intermediate Car Studio.  Herlitz is a graduate of the Pratt
Institute of Design.