MIKE: Daimler Chrysler is using all-plastic body panels on European cars.

欧洲市场的戴姆勒克莱斯勒汽车的车身面板全用了树脂。

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Daimler-Benz owned the company then and had the good grace to place the Chrysler chassis on a Mercedes axle.

当时，戴姆勒-奔驰拥有这家公司，很大方地把克莱斯勒的底盘放在梅赛德斯的车轴上。

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Now profits at the German and the US Daimler-Chrysler dropped sharply last year.

戴姆勒·克莱斯勒去年在德国和美国的利润急剧下降。

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"You have to be here, and you have to be here in a serious way, " Dieter Zetsche, Daimler Chrysler CEO, told CNN.

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Mr Mittal says he has received similar overtures from such firms as Daimler-Chrysler and Whirlpool, which makes household appliances.

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If a deal between Daimler and Chrysler accelerates the demise of the national car company, that will be welcome.

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