DaimlerChrysler is the parent company of all the automotive divisions,
amongst them is Mercedes Benz.  Here's a small list of the companies owned
by DaimlerChrysler (i.e., NOT MERCEDES):

 ATENA Engineering
 American LaFrance
 Chrysler
 DaimlerChrysler Capital Services
 DaimlerChrysler Commercial Buses North America
 DaimlerChrysler Powersystems Axles
 DaimlerChrysler Research and Technology North America, Inc.
 DaimlerChrysler Services
 DaimlerChrysler Services - Chrysler Financial
 DaimlerChrysler Services Fleet Management
 DaimlerChrysler Vans LLC
 Detroit Diesel Corporation
 Dodge
 Dornier Consulting
 Evobus
 Fleet Operations: The Chrysler Group
 Five Star
 Freightliner LLC
 Freightliner Trucks
 Freightliner Custom Chassis Corporation (FCCC)
 Global Electric Motorcars (GEM)
 HEMIR - The Official Website
 JeepR
 LMC Lean Manufacturing Consulting GmbH
   Maybach
 MB-technology GmbH
 Mercedes-Benz
 Mercedes-Benz ATC GmbH
 Mercedes-Benz CharterWay
 Mercedes-Benz Credit Corp
 Mercedes-Benz FleetBoard
 Mitsubishi FUSO Truck & Bus Corporation
 Mopar Parts
 MTU Friedrichshafen
 Orion Buses
 protics technical information consulting & support GmbH
 PUREM Abgassysteme GmbH & Co. KG
 Remarketing Operations: The Chrysler Group
 SelecTrucks
 Setra
 Sterling Trucks
 smart
 Thomas Built Buses
 Western Star Trucks
 Westfalia Van Conversion

Ain't the internet great?

I know that Daimler (or DaimlerChrysler or Daimler-Benz, whatever makes your
boat float) also owns Messerschmidt, Dornier, part of Airbus Industrie, and
several other aircraft related companies as well, but they're probably
listed under a different coporate umbrella.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Andrew Grebneff
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 11:04 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Nvc-but maybe future vans-pretty please VW

>Actually, Daimler owns Chrysler, just like it owns Mercedes Benz, just like
>it owns a s**tload of other companies.

Daimler is/was an English company, now a subdivision of jaguar (which
is of course a currently subsidiary of Frod).

To the best of my knowledge Mercedes isn't owned by anyone, but took
over Daimler-Benz after the war.