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Article: Chrysler Corporation
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- Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
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CHRYSLER CORPORATION
Chrysler Corporation is the number three auto maker in the United States behind General Motors (GM) and Ford Motor Company, producing nearly 3 million vehicles a year. After its $38 billion merger with German luxury carmaker Daimler-Benz in 1998, Chrysler is now known as DaimlerChrysler Corp., a North American Subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG. With joint headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and Stuttgart, Germany, the newly formed business is Europe's number one industrial company, and the fifth largest car manufacturer in the world. It employs over 200,000 persons worldwide, and sells vehicles in over 140 countries.
Chrysler Corporation was originally founded by ...