Exhibit 10.3





                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.3

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT


Board of Directors
DaimlerChrysler Corporation
Auburn Hills, Michigan

We have audited the consolidated statements of income and cash flows of
DaimlerChrysler Corporation and consolidated subsidiaries (the "Company") for
the year ended December 31, 2000. Such consolidated financial statements are
not included herein. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audit. We did not audit the financial
statements of Chrysler Financial Company L.L.C. (a consolidated subsidiary)
for the year ended December 31, 2000, which statements reflect total
revenues constituting 13% of consolidated total revenues for the year ended
December 31, 2000. Those financial statements were audited by other
auditors whose report has been furnished to us, and our opinion, insofar as
it relates to the amounts included for Chrysler Financial Company, L.L.C., is
based solely on the report of such other auditors.

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and
perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a
test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and
significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit and the report of
other auditors provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, based on our audit and the report of other auditors, such
consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
the results of the operations and the cash flows of DaimlerChrysler Corporation
and its consolidated subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2000, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States
of America.

The Company adopted the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board's
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 133, ACCOUNTING FOR
DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES, on January 1, 2000, and SFAS 138,
ACCOUNTING FOR DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES - AN AMENDMENT OF
SFAS 133, and Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 99-20, RECOGNITION OF
INTEREST INCOME AND IMPAIRMENT ON PURCHASED AND RETAINED BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN
SECURITIZED FINANCIAL ASSETS, on July 1, 2000.


Deloitte & Touche LLP
Detroit, Michigan
February 8, 2001