DaimlerChrysler AG selling diesel-engine maker
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DaimlerChrysler AG selling diesel-engine maker
Updated: 8:42 a.m. ET Dec. 28, 2005
BERLIN - Automaker DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday it is selling diesel-engine maker MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH to financial investor EQT as part of a drive to focus on its core vehicles business.
In addition to MTU Friedrichshafen, the sale includes the off-highway activities of Detroit Diesel Corporation.
BERLIN - Automaker DaimlerChrysler AG said Wednesday it is selling diesel-engine maker MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH to financial investor EQT as part of a drive to focus on its core vehicles business.
In addition to MTU Friedrichshafen, the sale includes the off-highway activities of Detroit Diesel Corporation.
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As it is, one already needs a map to follow the history of ownership for most diesel manufacturers. This will just be one more interchange to negotiate when trying to figure out who currently owns who. 
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Yeah. When I look under the hood of my Jeep, I see Mercedes-Benz emblems on the hose clamps, VM Motori stamped on the head, Mopar on all the filters and hoses, and Detroit Diesel supposedly had a hand in this thing too. Basically, diesel engines are becoming "mutts" for lack of a better term. It's hard to keep up with who makes what these days. When people ask me "so what kind of diesel does that thing have in it?" I really don't know what to tell them.
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