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Article: Chicago Tribune Jim Mateja Column.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- April 26, 2001
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By Jim Mateja, Chicago Tribune Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 26--CHICAGO--If you think only Americans are upset that Daimler runs Chrysler, be advised that not all Germans are keen that the two are now one, either.
And, while folks fuss and cuss now that Chrysler carries a German surname, they didn't raise that big a stink when the Japanese started sending shiploads of cars to the U.S. in the '70s and then sent the boats back to the home country filled with money.
So give D/C a break, says Volker Mornhinweg, the man in charge of manufacturing planning for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars as well as a member of the board of ...