Freightliner fut achete par DaimlerChrysler en 1981, d' ailleurs c' est marque sur le site internet:
http://www.freightliner.com/C' est pour ca qu' il fabrique et vende le Freighliner et Dodge Sprinter qui est un modele Mercedes-Benz d' Europe fabrique en Caroline du Sud.
http://www.fl-sprinter.com/
http://www.dodge.com/commercial/sprinter/index.html?context=sprinter-index&type=left
Clique sur utilitaires et ensuite Sprinter pour avoir la version europeenne:
http://www.mercedes-benz.fr/Detroit Diesel (anciennement Detroit Diesel Allison) est la cie. qui fournit les moteurs diesel et fut la propriete de Penske pendant un bout de temps. C' est maintenant la propriete de DaimlerChrysler mais fut commence par la General Motors.
"On January 1, 1988, Detroit Diesel Corporation, a joint venture company between Penske Corporation and General Motors, began operations as the successor to the heavy-duty diesel engine business of the Detroit Diesel Allison Division. It was just one year earlier that the company had introduced the Series 60 engine, a new, four-cycle, heavy-duty diesel engine and the first production engine with integrated electronic controls as a standard feature. Developed to meet the demand for cleaner and more fuel efficient heavy-duty engines, the DDC Series 60 grew in popularity to become the most popular, heavy-duty diesel engine in the North American Class 8 truck market.
By October 1993, the Company completed a successful initial public offering of common stock to become a publicly traded company listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the stock symbol "DDC".
In October, 2000, DaimlerChrysler AG completed a “Tender Offer” for all of the outstanding shares of DDC, including the 48.6% ownership interest of Penske Corporation. Following the acquisition, DaimlerChrysler combined various engine and other powertrain component activities (including DDC, MTU-Friedrichshafen and Mercedes-Benz industrial engines) in the Commercial Vehicle Division under a new business unit named DaimlerChrysler Powersystems, an organization with over 34, 000 employees and combined revenues of approximately $7 billion.
Today, Detroit Diesel Corporation, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler AG, designs, manufactures, sells and services a complete line of medium and heavy-duty diesel and alternative fuel engines for the commercial vehicle market. Detroit Diesel services its customers through a worldwide network of more than 2, 700 authorized distributor and dealer locations."
