DaimlerChrysler AG may sell or seek partners for its unprofitable Chrysler division, abandoning its vision of building a successful carmaker that sold luxury Mercedes-Benz sedans as well as Dodge pickup trucks.
``We want to ensure that the core of Daimler can be protected from a possible financial downwards spiral at Chrysler,'
Renault and Nissan may be a possible partner for Chrysler,
Former Chief Executive Schrempp was heckled at most of the annual meetings by investors who demanded he sell the division.
DaimlerChrysler is in talks with General Motors to sell Chrysler to the world's largest carmaker, Manager Magazine reported, citing unidentified company sources. The talks are at ``an early stage,'' it said.
-- "We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey, that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated." Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.