Friend was looking to lease a 2012 Liberty and was told by the dealer that there will be NO 2013 Liberty's. In 2014 the new Liberrty will arrive. Is this correct? No 2013 and they are stopping production ??

That's not entirely correct. I think the Liberty (which may or may not be return to using the Cherokee name) will just skip model year 2013 but not the full calendar year of 2013. The 2014 Liberty/Cherokee will debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show with full production to begin the following spring. They should hit dealers either in either the summer (more than likely) or fall. The current Liberty stopped production back in August.