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Please find page 21 of the 2003 Mercedes annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.€38 billion to secure the future. In the planning period of 2004
through 2006, DaimlerChrysler will spend some €38 billion on
property, plant and equipment, and research and development.
Cross-divisional collaboration within the Group and with our Asian
partners and the resulting economies of scale should enable us to
employ these funds even more efficiently than in the past. A large
part of the expenditure will be for the development and preparation
of new products to continue Mercedes Car Group’s second model
offensive and for Chrysler Group’s new models. Significant sums
are also planned for modernizing production facilities and develop-
ing new technologies to enhance the safety, environmental com-
patibility and economics of road transport.
Forward-Looking Statements in this Annual Report:
This Annual Report contains forward-looking statements that reflect management’s
current views with respect to future events. The words anticipate, assume, believe,
estimate, expect, intend, may, plan, project and should and similar expressions identify
forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties,
including, but not limited to: an economic downturn in Europe or North America;
changes in currency exchange rates and interest rates; introduction of competing
products; increased sales incentives; and decline in resale prices of used vehicles. If
any of these or other risks and uncertainties occur (some of which are described
under the heading “Risk Report” on the pages 101 ff in this Annual Report and under
the heading “Risk Factors” in DaimlerChrysler’s most recent Annual Report on Form
20-F filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission), or if the assumptions under-
lying any of these statements prove incorrect, then actual results may be materially
different from those expressed or implied by such statements. We do not intend or
assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statement, which speaks only as
of the date on which it is made.
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In billions
Plan 2004
€€
141
53
52
29
14
0.4
161
61
58
34
17
0.4
Plan 2006
In billions
Plan 2004
€€
7.3
3.0
2.8
1.3
0.1
0.1
21.7
8.3
9.0
3.9
0.3
0.2
2004-2006
In billions
Plan 2004
€€
5.6
2.5
1.8
1.1
0.2
16.4
7.3
5.4
3.1
0.6
2004-2006
Revenues
Investments in Property, Plant and Equipment
Research and Development Expenditure
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DaimlerChrysler Group
Mercedes Car Group
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Commercial Vehicles
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Other Activities
DaimlerChrysler Group
Mercedes Car Group
Chrysler Group
Commercial Vehicles
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