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  • Daimler aims to introduce selling Smarts

    06/04/2006 10:25:01 PM PDT · by Flavius · 46 replies · 1,067+ views
    reuteurs ^ | Jun 4, 2006 | Juergen Schrempp,
    FRANKFURT (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler (DCXGn.DE) is leaning toward launching its Smart minicar in the United States, DaimlerChrysler Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said in a newspaper interview on Sunday. ADVERTISEMENT [0] "At the moment, the tendency is clearly positive," Zetsche said in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung. A final decision on whether to sell the car in the United States will be taken this month, he said. Zetsche repeated that he expected the loss-making Smart unit to turn a profit in 2007. Smart is focusing on building only a two-seat model after deciding to scrap its slow-selling four-seater earlier...