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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1


November 20, 1996




Daimler-Benz Vehicle Receivables Corporation
1201 Market Street, 14th Floor
Wilmington, DE  19801

Re:      Daimler-Benz Vehicle Trust 1996-A

Dear Sirs:

We have acted as counsel to Daimler-Benz Vehicle Receivables Corporation (the
"Company") in connection with the proposed issuance by Daimler-Benz Vehicle
Trust 1996-A, a trust originated by the Company, of asset-backed certificates
(the "Certificates") in a public offering being registered with the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant
to a registration statement of the Company on Form S-1 (Registration No.
333-15571), as amended to the date hereof (the "Registration Statement").  Any
capitalized term not defined herein shall have the same meaning ascribed to it
in the Registration Statement.

We have examined originals or copies certified to our satisfaction of such
corporate records, agreements, instruments and other documents as we have
deemed necessary in order to render the opinion expressed below.  In such
examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the
authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity with
the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic
copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.  As to
all facts material to the opinion expressed below that have not been
independently established, we have relied upon certificates of officers and
representatives of the Company and Mercedes-Benz Credit Corporation.

The opinion expressed below is limited to the laws of the State of New York and
the federal laws of the United States of America, and we express no opinion on
the effect on the matters covered by such opinion of the laws of any other
jurisdiction.
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Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Certificates have been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and when the
Certificates are issued and sold as contemplated by the Agreement, they will be
legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration
Statement and to be named therein.

Very truly yours,

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP