>I thought Daimler was owned now by Chrysler, not Ford?

Nope. Was part of Rolls Royce. Daimlers of late years were
badge-engineered RRs. VW & BMW between them recently snapped the lot
up. BMW got the RR badge but nothing else. VW got the factory,
designs (such as they are... land barges) etc.

>And "a former
>British company"?  Weren't Mr. Daimler and Mr. Benz about as German as they
>come?

Different Daimlers. English Daimler goes back at least to the teens.
Daimler-Benz was an old German aircraft-engine company, which later
was bought by Mercedes to become Mercedes-Benz (dunno the details)

And Chrysler is owned lock, stock & barrel by Mercedes-Benz...
despite the "merger" tag, it was a straight buyout. Daimler-Chrysler
my ....

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