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Dieter Zetsche, Mercedes-Benz head, on the changes the company is making to make its automobiles even more technologically advanced.
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The same time -- the Detroit auto show but.
We get to keynote speakers of auto companies this year Alan Mulally Ford from home we've already heard -- Mercedes dieters section of Mercedes and -- -- bands.
Came here to give the keynote speech.
And we had a why don't -- -- interview with him right by their brand new SL about the efforts they're going to bring consumer electronics into their cars.
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When -- -- sending that you're doing right here on the marketplace we have free access to the Internet human what you want that's not all of them.
But once -- driving we'll make sure that you don't gets distracted.
That's why why -- driving would get limited access within the next -- -- -- all works over.
-- we on the one hand select.
The next -- yet.
That's provides -- this which minimizes distraction from the main task of finding it hard to -- what.
But look at this car and I think about German manufacturing which has been the shining points of the eurozone.
Now are the -- tired.
Of shouldering all of the bad actors in the Euro -- and and I I just look at this and I say you know the Germans are really putting together beautiful products.
While this is suddenly.
Well first of all I totally agree with your last statement of course is beautiful -- ahead of them that's it's -- Kind of optimistic approach is that while the terms of floating all of that sentence that we occurring on the other us through.
It's as much ruled that the Germans have very much benefiting from -- -- There where the main export where we are still gets bought -- -- 50% of their -- goods to Europe.
-- they need the Euro -- absolutely and there without the other countries error that German.
Currency would be much higher bandwidth it.
So it helps exports as well and therefore it's developed yes we have to help other countries other economies right -- but we're benefiting.
Hello I would imagine that you have an opportunity to speak to the Chancellor Angela Merkel on occasion as many of -- -- business people to what do you say to her.
What that its peak.
To keep you are -- together.
At this basically request to remain expects the -- its austerity.
We have to get rid itself we're making more bought that and put all the good number next generations.
And not finding anybody anymore to finance net and on the other hand.
We have to make sure that growth comes back that we get competitiveness not just in Germany -- in most of European economy.
It's just last week and Mercedes of course is done extraordinarily well they hit a record global sales at one point 36 million.
Incredible.
Certainly but BMW captured -- top selling title.
Does that get your blood boiling -- what do you do when you get that piece of information.
But I philatelic guys UBS notes to go -- of that number one -- because this would only be expenses.
I don't think that that go with about 101000 units ahead of us that at 164.
-- -- -- -- -- that's like connect up to bat look for these last 2000 -- -- next year and that's that's -- -- such -- thank you very much for joining us.
Imperative to keep the Euro zone together David I've really got the sense he's looking -- this from a purely capitalistic standpoint the eurozone has been good for his business.
That yes indeed you look great in that Mercedes -- you definitely should get monthly -- -- -- -- -- --
