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GOLDEN OLDIE: Take A Look Back at The Last Great Chrysler Merger - COMPLETE VIDEO COVERAGE


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Juergen Schrempp of Daimler-Benz on left, Bob Eaton of Chrysler on the right

AUTO CENTRAL - October 30, 2008: Ten and a half years ago news from Germany rocked the automotive world; Mercedes-Benz and Chrysler were merging. It was called "The Deal of the Century."

And then, just nine years later the honeymoon ended. That news, too, rocked the car-dom.

Well now you can return to those thrilling days of yesteryear to relive and experience those events all over again... We've got the videos of everything!

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From left to right: Tom LaSorda, Chrysler Group; John W. Snow, Cerberus Capital; Dieter Zetsche, DaimlerChrysler
You can watch the complete Mercedes-Chrysler press conference on May 7, 1998; you can watch videos of "car experts" analyzing the historic deal; and you can watch the complete video announcing the break-up on May 14, 2007. We also have some great old photos and the text stories that provided additional details.

To return to those glorious days of your youth when the Plymouth Prowler was the hottest ride on the street by simply CLICKING HERE for the 1998 Merger coverage, and then CLICK HERE for the 2007 Dissolution coverage.