daimler accepts some blame for toll venture

[albert champion]

this is a funny one.

top of the fold, nyt's friday world business section.

pic of jurgen schrempp trying to explain how it was that daimler was so inept.

you can find the sty at the nyt website.

how can it be that the german bankers are still backing this clown? what does he have on them?

[AustinsCE]

I aint no Business major but I thought it's bad to admit blame for any botch.

More over, maybe its just me, but if Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz were here, they'd want a manual transmission????????????? Who in Hell needs to get blown to get MB to wake the motherf**k up and put a decent transmission in a car, 4 bangers dont count, naturally. Management in every company associated with Daimler/Chrysler seems inept, I thought Germermans was supposed to be smart? I thought the idea when Chrysler was bought/merged the 'Mermans took over to improve stuff. Yet things just keep getting worse. 15 years ago, BMW wouldnt be able to look MB in the eye, now they're talking about succeeding mercedes in profits by 08, i think? Something that shouldn't have a snowball's chance in hell of ever taking place.