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 <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;17, 2006.</font></b></p> <div style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 6.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"> <p style="border:none;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;padding:0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Registration No.&nbsp;333-_____ </font></b></p> </div>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<a name="SecuritiesAndExchangeCommission_104012"></a></font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:16.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;S-8</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">98-0190736</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(State or other
  jurisdiction of<br>
  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
  Identification No.)</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERCEDESSTRASSE
137<br>
70327 STUTTGART<br>
GERMANY</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;"><br>
</font></b>(Address of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices) (Zip code)</p>

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<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MERCEDES-BENZ
USA, LLC<br>
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;"><br>
</font></b>(Full title of the Plan)</p>

<p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Timothy
P. Dykstra, President<br>
DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation<br>
1000 Chrysler Drive<br>
Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326-2766 USA<br>
Telephone (248) 512-6130</font></b><b><font style="font-weight:bold;"><br>
</font></b>(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;">Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;Securities<br>
  to&nbsp;be&nbsp;Registered</p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.28%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;to&nbsp;be<br>
  Registered&nbsp;(1)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="18%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.28%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Offering&nbsp;Price<br>
  Per&nbsp;Share&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-left:none;border-right:none;border-top:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Proposed&nbsp;Maximum<br>
  Aggregate&nbsp;Offering<br>
  Price&nbsp;(2)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;of<br>
  Registration<br>
  Fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 4.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ordinary Shares (no par
  value)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">100,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="18%" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:18.28%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$52.97</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$5,297,000</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="border-bottom:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-left:none;border-right:double windowtext 1.5pt;border-top:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.62%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$566.78</font></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:12.0pt 0pt 12.0pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>In addition, pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;416(c)&nbsp;under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of plan interests to be offered
or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.</p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 20.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Estimated solely for
the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(c)&nbsp;and
(h)&nbsp;under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and
low prices of Ordinary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on May&nbsp;15,
2006.</p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXPLANATORY NOTE<a name="ExplanatoryNote_103831"></a></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8, DaimlerChrysler AG, a stock
corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the &#147;Registrant&#148;),
hereby files this Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 for the purpose
of registering an additional 100,000 ordinary shares, no par value, of the
Registrant to be offered or sold under the Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC Employee
Retirement Savings Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form&nbsp;S-8,
the Registrant incorporates by reference herein the contents of the
Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;25,
2002 (Registration No.&nbsp;333-86936).</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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&nbsp;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, Germany, on May&nbsp;17, 2006.</font></p><p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:40.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ Dieter Zetsche</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr.&nbsp;Dieter Zetsche</font></p>
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  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Board
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p><p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and hereby authorizes any two of the following persons acting jointly: Robert K</font><font face="Times New Roman">&#246;</font><font face="Times New Roman">thner, Silvia Nierbauer and Thomas E. Gunton, such person&#146;s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for such person and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person&#146;s behalf any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></p><p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">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 May&nbsp;17, 2006.</font></p><p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/</font></p>
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  <td width="327" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:245.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Member of the Board of
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas W. LaSorda</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Andreas Renschler</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Truck Group</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eric R. Ridenour</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="327" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:245.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Member of the Board of
  Management</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="153" colspan="3" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:115.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Eric R. Ridenour</font></p>
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  <td width="13" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Operating Officer
  Chrysler Group</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Thomas W. Sidlik</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr.&nbsp;Thomas Weber</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">DAIMLERCHRYSLER NORTH AMERICA
HOLDING CORPORATION</font></p>

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the United States</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:20.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of the Plan has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Montvale, State of New Jersey, on this 17th day
of May, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="280" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:210.0pt;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/ </font>Tracey L. Matura</p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="27" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="280" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:210.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Tracey L. Matura, Vice
  President</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="13" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="280" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:210.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On Behalf of the MBUSA
  Savings Plan Committee</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">EXHIBIT NUMBER</p>
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  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="9" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="76" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:57.2pt;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;">DESCRIPTION</p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="476" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:356.75pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="9" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="559" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:418.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="107" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.1pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.1</font></p>
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  <td width="9" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="559" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:418.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm of Registrant</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="107" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:80.1pt;">
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  <td width="9" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Power of Attorney (included on the signature
  page&nbsp;of this Registration Statement).</font></p>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 17, 2006.
Registration No. 333-_____
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)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
MERCEDESSTRASSE
137
70327 STUTTGART
GERMANY
(Address of registrant's principal executive offices) (Zip code)
MERCEDES-BENZ
USA, LLC
EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS 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 and telephone number, including area code, of agent
for service)
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
to be Registered
Amount to be
Registered (1)
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price
Per Share (2)
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price (2)
Amount of
Registration
Fee
Ordinary Shares (no par
  value)
100,000
$52.97
$5,297,000
$566.78
(1)
In addition, pursuant
to Rule 416(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration
Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of plan interests to be offered
or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein.
(2)
Estimated solely for
the purpose of determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and
(h) under the Securities Act on the basis of the average of the high and
low prices of Ordinary Shares on the New York Stock Exchange on May 15,
2006.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Pursuant to
General Instruction E to Form S-8, DaimlerChrysler AG, a stock
corporation organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (the "Registrant"),
hereby files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 for the purpose
of registering an additional 100,000 ordinary shares, no par value, of the
Registrant to be offered or sold under the Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC Employee
Retirement Savings Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8,
the Registrant incorporates by reference herein the contents of the
Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 25,
2002 (Registration No. 333-86936).
Item 8.
Exhibits.
EXHIBIT NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
23.1
Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm of Registrant
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature
  page of this Registration Statement).
2
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, Germany, on May 17, 2006.
DAIMLERCHRYSLER AG
By:
/s/ Dieter Zetsche
Name:
Dr. Dieter Zetsche
Title:
Chairman of the Board
  of Management
and Head of Mercedes
  Car Group
By:
/s/ Bodo Uebber
Name:
Bodo Uebber
Title:
Member of the Board of
  Management
Finance &
  Controlling/Financial Services
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints and hereby authorizes any two of the following persons acting jointly: Robert K
ö
thner, Silvia Nierbauer and Thomas E. Gunton, such person's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution or resubstitution, for such person and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign on such person's behalf any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement and registration statements filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact, or any substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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 May 17, 2006.
SIGNATURES
TITLE
/s/
Dieter Zetsche
Chairman of the Board
  of Management and
Dr. Dieter Zetsche
Head of Mercedes Car Group
/s/
Günther Fleig
Member of the Board of
  Management
Günther Fleig
Human
  Resources & Labor Relations Director
/s/
Rüdiger Grube
Member of the Board of
  Management
Dr. Rüdiger Grube
Corporate Development
/s/
Thomas W. LaSorda
Member of the Board of
  Management
Thomas W. LaSorda
Chrysler Group
/s/
Andreas Renschler
Member of the Board of
  Management
Andreas Renschler
Truck Group
/s/
Eric R. Ridenour
Member of the Board of
  Management
Eric R. Ridenour
Chief Operating Officer
  Chrysler Group
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/s/
Thomas W. Sidlik
Member of the Board of
  Management
Thomas W. Sidlik
Global
  Procurement & Supply
/s/
Bodo Uebber
Member of the Board of
  Management
Bodo Uebber
Finance &
  Controlling/Financial Services
/s/
Thomas Weber
Member of the Board of Management
Dr. Thomas Weber
Group Research & MCG Development
DAIMLERCHRYSLER NORTH AMERICA
HOLDING CORPORATION
Authorized Representative in
the United States
By:
/s/ Timothy P. Dykstra
Timothy P. Dykstra
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Act of 1933, the administrator of the Plan has duly caused
this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Montvale, State of New Jersey, on this 17th day
of May, 2006.
MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN
By:
/s/
Tracey L. Matura
Tracey L. Matura, Vice
  President
On Behalf of the MBUSA
  Savings Plan Committee
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
EXHIBIT NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
23.1
Consent of Independent
  Registered Public Accounting Firm of Registrant
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on the signature
  page of this Registration Statement).
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