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DaimlerChrysler Units Report Consolidated October U.S. Sales

1 November 2000

DaimlerChrysler Units Report Consolidated October U.S. Sales

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 1 Retail sales for
DaimlerChrysler business units in the United States totaled 219,493 in
October, down nine percent compared with sales of 239,998 units for October
1999.  The Chrysler Group posted sales of 192,019, an eight percent drop.
Calendar year sales remained even compared with the same period in 1999.
    Spurred by a 44 percent sales increase of its ML sport utility, Mercedes-
Benz USA reported sales of 18,381 units, a three percent increase over the
same period 1999.  Freightliner Corporation reported sales of 9,093 units for
its Freightliner and Sterling brands, down 28 percent compared with October
1999 sales.

                                       October 2000      October 1999
    Total DaimlerChrysler U.S. Sales     219,493           239,998

    Total Chrysler Group                 192,019           209,517
    Chrysler                              42,528            26,913
    Dodge                                107,338           118,214
    Jeep                                  37,081            48,407
    Total CG Passenger Cars               47,272            58,846
    Total CG Light Trucks                144,747           150,671

    Total Mercedes-Benz USA               18,381            17,768
    Mercedes Passenger Cars               12,335            13,555
    Mercedes Light Trucks                  6,046             4,213

    Total Freightliner Corp. Brands        9,093            12,713
    Freightliner                           7,879            11,248
    Sterling                               1,214             1,465

    Figures for Freightliner are preliminary [and include Freightliner and
Sterling brands].