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To: Taro who wrote (247442)8/25/2005 8:06:47 AM
From: combjelly  Respond to of 1573221
 
"Because since at least 4-5 years Daimler Benz is (hopefully) fighting a long series of severe quality problems."

There was a recent Business Week article on that. After the merger the Chrysler component was in worse shape than they thought and it cost billions to fix it. To get the cash, Mercedes pressured its suppliers to cut their prices with a tacit agreement that they wouldn't be as picky about quality...