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Daimler Chrysler (BRD & USA)

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Koncern: Daimler Chrysler

Firmaet grundlagt: 1998

Produktion 19??: -

Internetadresse: www.daimler-chrysler.com

Firmaets postadresse: Daimler Chrysler, Stuttgart, Tyskland og Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA

DaimlerChrysler AG headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg (Germany) and Auburn Hills, Michigan (USA), is a prominent automobile and truck manufacturer and financial services provider (through DaimlerChrysler Financial Services). The company also owns a major stake in aerospace group EADS.

DaimlerChrysler was formed in 1998 by the merger of Daimler-Benz (Germany) and the Chrysler Corporation (USA). The transaction was announced on May 7, and took place on November 12. It was alleged in 2003 that it was not a merger but in fact a buyout by the former of the latter.

The company produces cars and trucks under the brands Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Mercedes-Benz, Smart, and Maybach, among others. The Chrysler Group (Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge) also provides its customers with parts and accessories marketed under the Mopar brand name.

Brands

DaimlerChrysler sells automobiles under a number of marques worldwide:

• Mercedes Car Group
  • Maybach
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • smart
  • Mercedes-AMG
  • Global Electric Motorcars (GEM)
• Chrysler Group
  • Chrysler
  • Dodge
  • Jeep
  • Eagle (discontinued in 1998)
  • Plymouth (discontinued in 2001)
• Commercial Vehicle Brands
  • Freightliner
    • Thomas Built Buses
    • Sterling Trucks
    • Western Star
  • Mercedes-Benz
  • Mitsubishi Fuso
  • Dodge Trucks
  • Orion Bus Industries
  • Setra

• Engine Brands
  • Detroit Diesel
  • Hemi engine (see also Chrysler Hemi engine)
  • Mopar
  • MTU Friedrichshafen (sold to EQT in 2006)

(kilde: Wikipedia)