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The main four-wheel drive arm of Chrysler is the Jeep range but Dodge also make 4WDs.
2001: Chrysler tilting at the Le Mans sports car series with the LMP prototype.
2000: Daimler Chrysler acquired 1/3 of Mitsubishi.
1998, 8 May:
Chryler and
Mercedes Benz
announced that they are planning to merge.
Chrysler is the #5 car-maker in terms of world production figures.
MB is Germany's larget industrial company.
The deal is seen as widening opportunities for the new company,
with relatively little overlap between Benz's and Chrysler's markets
in terms of geography and image.
1998, 18 September:
Shareholders in Chrysler and MB approved the deal.