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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Supervisory Board
DaimlerChrysler AG:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statement (No. 333-13160) on Form F-3 of DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation and the registration statements on Form S-8 (Nos. 333-5074, 333-7082, 333-8998, 333-86934 and 333-86936) of DaimlerChrysler AG of our report dated February 21, 2005, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of DaimlerChrysler AG as of December 31, 2004 and 2003, and the related consolidated statements of income, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2004, which report appears in DaimlerChrysler AG's 2004 Annual Report on Form 20-F. Our report refers to the change in DaimlerChrysler's method of accounting for stock-based compensation in 2003 and DaimlerChrysler's adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), "Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities — an interpretation of ARB No. 51," in 2003 and Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," in 2002.
KPMG Deutsche Treuhand-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Stuttgart, Germany
February 28, 2005