When that merger was going on I was watching a lot of the european accounts
because  the US papers were not being told much.  It was interesting to
watch.  It was going to be a merger of equals with chrysler actually being
up about 1 percent.  However as the 2 year discussions and paperwork between
government agencies in about 6 countries went on, chrysler went down in
value again as mercedes went up in value.  When it was finally signed final
daimler was at about 60 percent of the value and chrysler was down to about
40 percent (chrysler had to sign away all military contracts).  Now it is no
longer a merger but a coup.
jimt

On 8/23/05 7:26 PM, "Andrew Grebneff" <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
wrote:

>
> Yep... next year Toyota will BUY Ford and, like Mercedes, make it
> "look" like a merger.