Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle dealers will retail the Mitsubishi Canter from December. DaimlerChrysler bought Volvo's 3.3% stake in Mitsubishi in April.
DaimlerChrysler was this week facing an EC fine after being accused of preventing dealers in low-priced European countries from having enough Mercedes-Benz cars to meet demand.
DaimlerChrysler has announced it anticipates better than expected third quarter results.
Chrysler Jeep UK director Simon Elliott believes the PT Cruiser cabriolet will play a key role in building sales. “We are beginning to re-establish ourselves with new models,” he said.
DaimlerChrysler UK Retail managing director Geoff Brady believes other carmakers will copy Mercedes-Benz's controversial dealer network reorganisation “if it works”.
The first righthand drive versions of the Smart two-seater city cars City Coupe and Cabriolet, from DaimlerChrysler, will be delivered to customers in early November.
DaimlerChrysler Services has launched an online motor insurance service for Chrysler and Jeep customers.
Manufacturers have began to offer support and financial aid to the victims of this week's terrorist attacks in the US.
Key Chrysler Jeep dealers are being given wider territories as the network is trimmed to reflect present sales levels. Simon Elliott, Chrysler Jeep UK managing director, said the reorganisation, which has returned the network to profit after several poor years, largely consisted of natural wastage.
Workshop staff at DaimlerChrysler UK's largest owned Mercedes-Benz dealership, in Edgware Road, west London, this week went on strike over pay and new working conditions.
DaimlerChrysler UK has appointed Geoff Brady as the new managing director of its retail operations to be known as DaimlerChrysler UK Retail.
Smart cars could be achieving 100 miles to the gallon with CO2 emissions of less than 80g/km if a revolutionary new hybrid engine developed by DaimlerChrysler and British firm Zytech gets the go-ahead.
DaimlerChrysler UK is to start selling used Mercedes cars online from September 1.
DaimlerChrysler will revive the Maybach luxury brand next year after a 60-year absence, with UK sales expected to start from spring 2003.
Enormous customer interest in the outgoing Jeep Cherokee has helped boost the sales of Chrysler and Jeep vehicles in the UK by 18% so far this year.
The first European-built Chrysler PT Cruisers has rolled off the production line at DaimlerChrysler's Eurostar Assembly Plant in Austria, as the company stepped up production in response to strong global demand.
DaimlerChrysler has reported better-than-expected second-quarter results, and said its turnround programme was on track.
Mercedes-Benz dealers who are offered territories under DaimlerChrysler UK's franchise reorganisation will be expected to part-fund compensation for terminated retailers under the terms of a settlement agreed last week.
DaimlerChrysler UK and the Mercedes-Benz dealers today announced that they have reached an agreement on the implementation of a new retail strategy.
