Chance to smart-ass:

Mercedes is in some troubles in the states because they told shareholders that their takeover of chrysler a few years ago was a merger, which it wasn't. They also own a major stake in Mitsubishi, so all together, DaimlerChrysler is the more or less the third biggest car manufacturer in the world (Mercedes, Chrysler, Mitsubishi, Dodge, Jeep...), depending on the underlying criteria.

The biggest takeover or merger candidate is Volkswagen, because it's comparable cheap to get. The EU will also, sooner or later, overrrule a german law which prevents major foreign investment in VW.

Wisenheimer out.