http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/071003/germany_daimler.html?.v=1

They should go back to DB. How can they leave out our beloved Karl Benz?

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

I agree- can we start a petition? It makes sense to me

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1969 220D "Berta" RIP
1982 300D turbo 250K

Stockholder proxy info indicates that the new name will be Daimler-Benz AG, and that the point of incorporation will remain Stuttgart, Germany. Looks like everything will revert to pre D-C times?!?

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1961 190Db retired
1968 220D/8 325,000
1983 300D 164,150

Everything, except the horrible aftertaste.

Old news. Its Chrysler LLC now. Is it just me or does that seem like a really strange way to hold a large company? I would think they would make it a C corp.

I really hated those POS's being associated in any way with MB. The only good cars Chrysler ever made were 50% MB.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Funny how it seems the worst times in Benz satisfaction came while they were partnered with Chrysler. Hopefully now more focus will go back to where it should have been all along. I am tired of seeing Mercedes cars ranked lowest in reliability and satisfaction.

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1996 E300 D
1992 300D
1990 Ford E-350 7.3 Diesel AKA "the Deep Fryer"

One year didnt the Crossfire even have the Benz logo on the engine?

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1996 E300 D
1992 300D
1990 Ford E-350 7.3 Diesel AKA "the Deep Fryer"

Buy in 1998 for $36Billion, sell in 2007 for $7.4Billion. Great investment!

It WAS a Benz car!!!! Every part had a star followed by xxx xxx xx xx part number!!

I might add that I'm sad to see the split.... I think they should have worked it out...... Having chrysler's consumer approachability would have allowed them to put almost every other auto manufacturer into hurt if DC had of wanted to......

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-Matt

EPA Section 609 Certified MVAC Technician
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Oil Burner Kartel Member #10

Ahh the smell of Diesel Fuel, it's like coffee in the morning!

My Car:

1982 300SD Turbo Diesel (231,500 miles!) RIP

1984 300SD Turbo Diesel Custom (235,500 mi on driveline.) - On Road!!

www.icsrepair.com

It was a mistake from the start, the miss-fire is a good example why. I can't imagine why DB wanted to try to prop up the remains of the U.S. auto industry. These guys have been dying for 30 years, they can't produce a decent product and they can't control their own labor costs.

Admit it Craig, you just hate Chrysler!

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-Matt

EPA Section 609 Certified MVAC Technician
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Oil Burner Kartel Member #10

Ahh the smell of Diesel Fuel, it's like coffee in the morning!

My Car:

1982 300SD Turbo Diesel (231,500 miles!) RIP

1984 300SD Turbo Diesel Custom (235,500 mi on driveline.) - On Road!!

www.icsrepair.com

I'll admit it, a 2005 Crossfire SRT-6 would be a decent car to own. Not much can keep up with a 4.8 second 0-60.

I really don't care about chrysler, i just have no use for any domestic vehicle made since about 1970, the sooner they finish going out of business the less of their stockholders money will be lost. These people do not deserve to be running a large U.S. corporation, it's embarrassing. Propping them up is not productive, it just delays the inevitable, puts a drag on the U.S. economy, and gives them time to accumulate more debt, I just can't imagine what DB was thinking when it bought chrysler.

I'm sorry.....but Daimler's problems were happening way before their aquisition of Chrysler in 1998.....MB business was flat and in a decline in some markets like the US, and quality & engineering was already questionable. You didn,t have to look too far to see where their heads were at and how disperate they were....the brainiacs like Schremmp thought Chrysler was a bargain at $36billion and quoted that it was a "marriage made in heaven".....more like hell!

May be now they will stop trying to be everything to everybody and get back to making quality premium vehicles.....my 2 cents........

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FRED

Daily Driver: 98 E300TD 199K
Hobby Car: 69 Austin Mini
Past Diesels: 84 300SD, 312K
87 300SDL, 251K
94 Chev. K-1500 6.5Ltr.TD, 373K