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Produces Special DaimlerChrysler 'Day One' Report

18 November 1998

Produces Special DaimlerChrysler 'Day One' Report; Exclusive On-Line Interviews With New Co-Chairman

    DETROIT, Nov. 18 -- With the ringing of the bell launching
the opening of trading Tuesday on the New York Stock exchange, the world's
first "trans-national" automaker -- DaimlerChrysler AG -- officially launched
operations.
    To make sure its readers have all the details first-hand,
 has posted the details along with an exclusive
interview in its Headlight News section as of Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.
    The new DaimlerChrysler AG becomes the world's fifth largest automaker in
unit sales, third largest in terms of revenue.  The two companies joined to
form the new entity -- Chrysler Corp. and Daimler-Benz AG -- now merge their
strengths to become a global powerhouse not only in automotive, but in a range
of other businesses as well, including financing, rail transportation,
trucking, and aerospace.
    The co-chairmen of the new company, Robert J. Eaton from Chrysler and
Juergen Schrempp from Daimler-Benz, are promising to make DaimlerChrylser into
the best transportation company in the world by 2000.
    The Car Connection was there, when Eaton & Schrempp signaled the start of
NYSE trading in their new firm, (symbol DCX), and brings you an exclusive
interview with the two top executives, plus a range of newsbriefs about the
new company in a "DaimlerChrysler Day One" Special Edition at