Financial reports

Berlin -- Oct 25, 2007 -- The business development of Daimler Financial Services in the third quarter was impacted by the separation from the operations of the Chrysler financial services business in North America, which had become necessary due to the transfer of a majority interest in Chrysler.

EBIT of €87 million reported by the Daimler Financial Services division was significantly below the prior year level (Q3 2006: €221 million). As a result of the transfer of a majority interest in the Chrysler activities, expenses for the set-up of a separated financial services organization in the NAFTA region are included in the division's EBIT.

Stuttgart -- Oct 25, 2007 -- The new Daimler AG (stock exchange abbreviation DAI) today presented its interim report on the third quarter of 2007.

Daimler achieved EBIT of €1,891 million in the third quarter of this year (Q3 2006: €1,823 million). There was a positive impact from the significantly higher EBIT from the Mercedes-Benz Cars division, which profited from a favorable development of unit sales as well as from ongoing efficiency improvements.