<Page>

     As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2002

                                                      Registration No. [       ]
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                          ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933

                          ---------------------------

                               DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

<Table>
<S>                                                              <C>
               FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY                                   98-0190736
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
</Table>

                          ---------------------------

                                EPPLESTRASSE 225
                                 70567 STUTTGART
                                     GERMANY
   (Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                          ---------------------------

                               DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
                                STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)


                          ---------------------------

                          Timothy P. Dykstra, President
                DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation
           1000 Chrysler Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326-2766 USA
                            Telephone (248) 512-6130
 (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code,
                             of Agent For Service)

                          ---------------------------

<Table>
<Caption>
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================
                                                Proposed Maximum         Proposed Maximum
 Title of Securities to     Amount to be       Offering Price Per       Aggregate Offering          Amount of
     be Registered         Registered (1)           Unit(2)                  Price (2)         Registration Fee (2)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                       <C>                  <C>                     <C>                     <C>
Ordinary Shares           (a) 5,576,455        (a)$66.36                $370,053,553.80         $34,044.93

(no par value)            (b) 6,158,620        (b)$59.44                $366,068,372.80         $33,678.29

                          (c) 21,264,925       (c)$45.63                $970,318,527.75         $89,269.30
======================================================================================================================
</Table>

(1)      The number of shares being registered is the estimated total number of
         shares (33 million) that may be issued under the Plan to persons
         resident in the United States, based on: (a) stock options granted in
         2000, (b) stock options granted in 2001, and (c) shares available for
         future grants.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(h). Based on option exercise prices, in the case
         of (a) and (b), translated from euros into U.S. dollars at an assumed
         rate of Euro 1=$0.8877 (the noon buying rate for euros on April 22,
         2002 in New York City as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
         York for customs purposes), and in the case of (c), on the average of
         the high and low prices of Ordinary Shares on the New York Stock
         Exchange on April 22, 2002.

================================================================================


<Page>


                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.           PLAN INFORMATION.*

ITEM 2.           REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.*
















----------
*    Pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
     (the "1933 Act"), documents containing the information specified in Part I
     of Form S-8 will be sent or given to each person resident in the United
     States who is granted options under the Plan. Such documents and the
     documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
     to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute the Section 10(a)
     prospectus.


                                      I-1
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                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the
following documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by DaimlerChrysler AG (the "Registrant")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"):

           (a)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
                  December 31, 2001, as filed with the Commission on February
                  20, 2002.

           (b)    The Registrant's Report on Form 6-K for the month of April
                  2002, furnished to the Commission on April 25, 2002.

           (c)    The description of DaimlerChrysler Ordinary Shares contained
                  in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A No.1
                  (Registration No. 001-14561), filed with the Commission on
                  November 4, 1998, including any amendment or report filed for
                  the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act and, to the
extent, if any, designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K furnished by
the Registrant to the Commission subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment of this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statements contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that
a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document
which is also incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.

ITEM 4.    DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

           Not applicable.


ITEM 5.    INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

Dr. Peter Waskoenig, of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal Department, is a
participant in the Plan.

                                      II-1
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ITEM 6.    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Under German law, the Registrant may indemnify its officers (LTD.
ANGESTELLTE), and, under certain circumstances, German labor law requires a
stock corporation to do so. As a general matter, a German stock corporation
may only indemnify members of its Board of Management or its Supervisory Board
in limited circumstances. The Registrant has agreed to indemnify members of
its Board of Management and its Supervisory Board to the extent permitted by
applicable law. A German stock corporation may purchase directors and
officers insurance. The Registrant maintains liability insurance for members
of its Supervisory Board and members of its Board of Management and certain
other officers of the Registrant, including insurance against liabilities
under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

ITEM 7.    EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

           Not applicable.

ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS.

         4.1      Memorandum and Articles of Association (SATZUNG) of the
                  Registrant as amended, incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                  1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
                  year ending December 31, 2000, filed on February 26, 2001.

         5.1      Opinion of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department as to the validity of the Ordinary Shares to be
                  issued hereunder.

         23.1     Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG relating to
                  the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
                  schedule of DaimlerChrysler AG.

         23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP relating to the consolidated
                  financial statements of DaimlerChrysler Corporation.

         23.3     Consent of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department (included in Exhibit 5.1).

         24       Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

ITEM 9.    UNDERTAKINGS.

      The Registrant hereby undertakes:

      (a)(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
                being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                Statement:

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by
                           Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;

                                      II-2
<Page>

                  (ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the Registration
                           Statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the Registration Statement;
                           and

                  (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the Registration Statement or any material change to
                           such information in the Registration Statement;

      provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
      if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
      by those paragraphs is contained in the periodic reports filed by the
      Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that
      are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
                  to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
                  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering
                  thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (b)       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
                of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
                each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
                Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
                1934 and each filing of the plans' annual reports pursuant to
                Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
                incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
                deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
                securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
                at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE
                offering thereof.

      (c)       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
                Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
                and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
                foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
                advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
                Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
                expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
                event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
                (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
                or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
                Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
                proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
                person in connection with the securities being registered, the
                Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
                has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
                appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
                indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
                the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
                issue.

                                      II-3
<Page>

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany, on this 25th
day of April, 2002.

                                        DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG

                                        By:  /s/ Juergen E. Schrempp
                                             -----------------------------------

                                             Juergen E. Schrempp
                                             Chairman of the Board of Management

                                        By:  /s/ Manfred Gentz
                                             -----------------------------------

                                             Dr. Manfred Gentz
                                             Member of the Board of Management
                                             Finance and Controlling

                                      II-4
<Page>



                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and
hereby authorizes any two of the following persons acting jointly: Robert
Koethner, Silvia Nierbauer, and Thomas E. Gunton, each as such person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue
of these presents.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 25th day of April, 2002.

<Table>
<Caption>
               SIGNATURE                                             TITLE

<S>                                             <C>
     /s/   Juergen E. Schrempp                          Chairman of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------                    (Chief Executive Officer)
           Juergen E. Schrempp


     /s/   Manfred Bischoff                             Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Dr. Manfred Bischoff


     /s/   Eckhard Cordes                               Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Dr. Eckhard Cordes


     /s/   Guenther Fleig                               Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Guenther Fleig


     /s/   Manfred Gentz                                Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------                    (Chief Financial Officer)
           Dr. Manfred Gentz


     /s/   Juergen Hubbert                              Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Prof. Juergen Hubbert


     /s/   Klaus Mangold                                Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Dr. Klaus Mangold

                                      II-5
<Page>

     /s/   Thomas W. Sidlik                             Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Thomas W. Sidlik


     /s/   Gary C. Valade                               Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Gary C. Valade

     /s/   Klaus-Dieter Voehringer                      Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Prof. Klaus-Dieter Voehringer

     /s/   Dieter Zetsche                               Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Dr. Dieter Zetsche


     /s/   Wolfgang Bernhard                            Deputy Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard


     /s/   Ruediger Grube                               Deputy Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------
           Dr. Ruediger Grube


     /s/   Robert Koethner                              Chief Accounting Officer
----------------------------------------
           Robert Koethner



DAIMLERCHRYSLER NORTH AMERICA                           Authorized Representative in the United States
HOLDING CORPORATION

    /s/    Timothy P. Dykstra
----------------------------------------
           Timothy P. Dykstra
           President, Chief Executive Officer and
           Chief Financial Officer
</Table>

                                      II-6
<Page>



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.               Description
-------           -----------

4.1               Memorandum and Articles of Association (SATZUNG) of the
                  Registrant as amended, incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                  1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
                  year ending December 31, 2000, filed on February 26, 2001.

5.1               Opinion of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department as to the validity of the Ordinary Shares to be
                  issued hereunder.

23.1              Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG relating to
                  the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
                  schedule of DaimlerChrysler AG.

23.2              Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP relating to the consolidated
                  financial statements of DaimlerChrysler Corporation.

23.3              Consent of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24                Power of Attorney (included on signature page).



                                      II-7
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25, 2002

                                                      Registration No. [       ]
================================================================================
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                          ---------------------------

                                    FORM S-8
             Registration Statement Under the Securities Act of 1933

                          ---------------------------

                               DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY                                   98-0190736
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
---------------------------

                                EPPLESTRASSE 225
                                 70567 STUTTGART
                                     GERMANY
   (Address, including Zip Code, of Registrant's Principal Executive Offices)

                          ---------------------------

                               DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
                                STOCK OPTION PLAN
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                          ---------------------------

                          Timothy P. Dykstra, President
                DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation
           1000 Chrysler Drive, Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326-2766 USA
                            Telephone (248) 512-6130
 (Name, Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code,
                             of Agent For Service)

                          ---------------------------
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
======================================================================================================================
                                                Proposed Maximum         Proposed Maximum
 Title of Securities to     Amount to be       Offering Price Per       Aggregate Offering          Amount of
     be Registered         Registered (1)           Unit(2)                  Price (2)         Registration Fee (2)
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ordinary Shares           (a) 5,576,455        (a)$66.36                $370,053,553.80         $34,044.93

(no par value)            (b) 6,158,620        (b)$59.44                $366,068,372.80         $33,678.29

                          (c) 21,264,925       (c)$45.63                $970,318,527.75         $89,269.30
======================================================================================================================
(1)      The number of shares being registered is the estimated total number of
         shares (33 million) that may be issued under the Plan to persons
         resident in the United States, based on: (a) stock options granted in
         2000, (b) stock options granted in 2001, and (c) shares available for
         future grants.

(2)      Estimated solely for the purpose of determining the registration fee
         pursuant to Rule 457(h). Based on option exercise prices, in the case
         of (a) and (b), translated from euros into U.S. dollars at an assumed
         rate of Euro 1=$0.8877 (the noon buying rate for euros on April 22,
         2002 in New York City as certified by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
         York for customs purposes), and in the case of (c), on the average of
         the high and low prices of Ordinary Shares on the New York Stock
         Exchange on April 22, 2002.

================================================================================
PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

ITEM 1.           PLAN INFORMATION.*

ITEM 2.           REGISTRANT INFORMATION AND EMPLOYEE PLAN ANNUAL INFORMATION.*

----------
*    Pursuant to Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
     (the "1933 Act"), documents containing the information specified in Part I
     of Form S-8 will be sent or given to each person resident in the United
     States who is granted options under the Plan. Such documents and the
     documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant
     to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute the Section 10(a)
     prospectus.

                                      I-1
PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

ITEM 3.    INCORPORATION OF DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE.

This Registration Statement on Form S-8 hereby incorporates by reference the
following documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "Commission") by DaimlerChrysler AG (the "Registrant")
pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act"):

           (a)    The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
                  December 31, 2001, as filed with the Commission on February
                  20, 2002.

           (b)    The Registrant's Report on Form 6-K for the month of April
                  2002, furnished to the Commission on April 25, 2002.

           (c)    The description of DaimlerChrysler Ordinary Shares contained
                  in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 8-A/A No.1
                  (Registration No. 001-14561), filed with the Commission on
                  November 4, 1998, including any amendment or report filed for
                  the purpose of updating such description.

All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant with the Commission
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act and, to the
extent, if any, designated therein, certain reports on Form 6-K furnished by
the Registrant to the Commission subsequent to the date of this Registration
Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment of this
Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby
have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statements contained in a document incorporated by reference herein shall
be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that
a statement contained herein (or in any other subsequently filed document
which is also incorporated by reference herein) modifies or supersedes such
statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed to
constitute a part hereof except as so modified or superseded.

ITEM 4.    DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES.

           Not applicable.

ITEM 5.    INTERESTS OF NAMED EXPERTS AND COUNSEL.

Dr. Peter Waskoenig, of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal Department, is a
participant in the Plan.

                                      II-1
ITEM 6.    INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS.

Under German law, the Registrant may indemnify its officers (LTD.
ANGESTELLTE), and, under certain circumstances, German labor law requires a
stock corporation to do so. As a general matter, a German stock corporation
may only indemnify members of its Board of Management or its Supervisory Board
in limited circumstances. The Registrant has agreed to indemnify members of
its Board of Management and its Supervisory Board to the extent permitted by
applicable law. A German stock corporation may purchase directors and
officers insurance. The Registrant maintains liability insurance for members
of its Supervisory Board and members of its Board of Management and certain
other officers of the Registrant, including insurance against liabilities
under the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act.

ITEM 7.    EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION CLAIMED.

           Not applicable.

ITEM 8.    EXHIBITS.

         4.1      Memorandum and Articles of Association (SATZUNG) of the
                  Registrant as amended, incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                  1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
                  year ending December 31, 2000, filed on February 26, 2001.

         5.1      Opinion of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department as to the validity of the Ordinary Shares to be
                  issued hereunder.

         23.1     Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG relating to
                  the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
                  schedule of DaimlerChrysler AG.

         23.2     Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP relating to the consolidated
                  financial statements of DaimlerChrysler Corporation.

         23.3     Consent of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department (included in Exhibit 5.1).

         24       Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

ITEM 9.    UNDERTAKINGS.

      The Registrant hereby undertakes:

      (a)(1)    To file, during any period in which offers or sales are
                being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration
                Statement:

                  (i)      To include any prospectus required by
                           Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act;

                                      II-2
(ii)     To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events
                           arising after the effective date of the Registration
                           Statement (or the most recent post-effective
                           amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
                           aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
                           information set forth in the Registration Statement;
                           and

                  (iii)    To include any material information with respect to
                           the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in
                           the Registration Statement or any material change to
                           such information in the Registration Statement;

      provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
      if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment
      by those paragraphs is contained in the periodic reports filed by the
      Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the 1934 Act that
      are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.

         (2)      That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
                  1933 Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
                  to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
                  offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that
                  time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE offering
                  thereof.

         (3)      To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
                  amendment any of the securities being registered which remain
                  unsold at the termination of the offering.

      (b)       The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
                of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
                each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
                Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
                1934 and each filing of the plans' annual reports pursuant to
                Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is
                incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
                deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the
                securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
                at that time shall be deemed to be the initial BONA FIDE
                offering thereof.

      (c)       Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
                Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers
                and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the
                foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been
                advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
                Commission such indemnification is against public policy as
                expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the
                event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities
                (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred
                or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
                Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
                proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
                person in connection with the securities being registered, the
                Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
                has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
                appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
                indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
                the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
                issue.

                                      II-3
SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Stuttgart, Federal Republic of Germany, on this 25th
day of April, 2002.

                                        DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG

                                        By:  /s/ Juergen E. Schrempp
                                             -----------------------------------

                                             Juergen E. Schrempp
                                             Chairman of the Board of Management

                                        By:  /s/ Manfred Gentz
                                             -----------------------------------

                                             Dr. Manfred Gentz
                                             Member of the Board of Management
                                             Finance and Controlling

                                      II-4
POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and
hereby authorizes any two of the following persons acting jointly: Robert
Koethner, Silvia Nierbauer, and Thomas E. Gunton, each as such person's true and
lawful attorney-in-fact, for him and in his name, place and stead, to sign any
and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration
Statement, and to cause the same to be filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby granting to said attorneys-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever requisite or desirable
to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
acts and things that said attorneys-in-fact may do or cause to be done by virtue
of these presents.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated on the 25th day of April, 2002.
SIGNATURE                                             TITLE
/s/   Juergen E. Schrempp                          Chairman of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------                    (Chief Executive Officer)
           Juergen E. Schrempp

     /s/   Manfred Bischoff                             Member of the Board of Management
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           Dr. Manfred Bischoff

     /s/   Eckhard Cordes                               Member of the Board of Management
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           Dr. Eckhard Cordes

     /s/   Guenther Fleig                               Member of the Board of Management
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           Guenther Fleig

     /s/   Manfred Gentz                                Member of the Board of Management
----------------------------------------                    (Chief Financial Officer)
           Dr. Manfred Gentz

     /s/   Juergen Hubbert                              Member of the Board of Management
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           Prof. Juergen Hubbert

     /s/   Klaus Mangold                                Member of the Board of Management
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           Dr. Klaus Mangold

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/s/   Thomas W. Sidlik                             Member of the Board of Management
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           Thomas W. Sidlik

     /s/   Gary C. Valade                               Member of the Board of Management
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           Gary C. Valade

     /s/   Klaus-Dieter Voehringer                      Member of the Board of Management
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           Prof. Klaus-Dieter Voehringer

     /s/   Dieter Zetsche                               Member of the Board of Management
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           Dr. Dieter Zetsche

     /s/   Wolfgang Bernhard                            Deputy Member of the Board of Management
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           Dr. Wolfgang Bernhard

     /s/   Ruediger Grube                               Deputy Member of the Board of Management
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           Dr. Ruediger Grube

     /s/   Robert Koethner                              Chief Accounting Officer
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           Robert Koethner

DAIMLERCHRYSLER NORTH AMERICA                           Authorized Representative in the United States
HOLDING CORPORATION

    /s/    Timothy P. Dykstra
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           Timothy P. Dykstra
           President, Chief Executive Officer and
           Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
No.               Description
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4.1               Memorandum and Articles of Association (SATZUNG) of the
                  Registrant as amended, incorporated by reference from Exhibit
                  1.1 to the Registrant's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
                  year ending December 31, 2000, filed on February 26, 2001.

5.1               Opinion of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department as to the validity of the Ordinary Shares to be
                  issued hereunder.

23.1              Consent of KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft AG relating to
                  the consolidated financial statements and financial statement
                  schedule of DaimlerChrysler AG.

23.2              Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP relating to the consolidated
                  financial statements of DaimlerChrysler Corporation.

23.3              Consent of Dr. Peter Waskoenig of the DaimlerChrysler AG Legal
                  Department (included in Exhibit 5.1).

24                Power of Attorney (included on signature page).

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