It is just that we are in a good position with our supply of models. That has nothing to do with the fact that I am particularly optimistic. I just maintain that we could well reach a similar sales level as in 2001. You are one of the few in the industry who talks positively about the prospects for 2002. That's why the events of September 11 have not been crucial for our business. We have aimed at growing and we have reached that goal without - as so many others did - pushing sales through incentives. How many sales were lost due to the terrorist attacks? We were able to break the record again in the sixth successive year. That's why Mercedes-Benz, even under difficult conditions, succeeded. No, we were good and we had the right products at the right time. These edited excerpts are translated from a German transcript.ĭaimlerChrysler only made it through 2001 thanks to the record results at Mercedes-Benz. Hubbert was interviewed in Stuttgart by Wolfgang Eschment of German sister publication Automobilwoche. In September, his contract was extended to 2005. Hubbert also delivered record profits last year while the group's Chrysler unit struggled. He initiated a product offensive in the early 1990s and has succeeded in re-establishing Mercedes-Benz as the world's leading maker of luxury cars.

Mercedes.' The 62-year-old Hubbert is the longest-serving car division head in Europe. Juergen Hubbert, head of DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes-Benz car and Smart divisions, is sometimes called 'Mr.

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