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The All-new Jeep(R) Liberty - Coming to Dealerships this Summer

21 November 2000

The All-new Jeep(R) Liberty - Coming to Dealerships this Summer

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 21 Today Jeep(R) proudly
announces that the all-new 2002 Jeep -- to be produced in the Spring of 2001
and available in dealerships this summer -- will be named Liberty.
    "It's an epic industry event when an all-new Jeep is introduced, let alone
one being added to the legendary Jeep lineup," said Tom Marinelli, Vice
President Chrysler/Jeep Division Global Brand Center, DaimlerChrysler
Corporation.  "Liberty will very appropriately join Grand Cherokee, Cherokee
and Wrangler in arguably the industry's most prestigious sport utility
lineup."
    Liberty is what Jeep is all about -- the freedom to go anywhere and do
anything.  It is an attribute that closely mirrors the Jeep brand's core
values.
    The Jeep-engineered Liberty will be produced at the all-new
state-of-the-art Toledo (Ohio) North Assembly Plant, located across the street
from the original plant where the company currently churns out Cherokees and
Wranglers for worldwide consumption.
    "Jeep engineers are hard at work putting the finishing touches on what is
going to be a great new Jeep vehicle being built in the shadow of where it all
started 60 years ago," said Craig Love, Vice President Jeep Platform
Engineering, DaimlerChrysler Corporation.