EXHIBIT 23-E
 
                           INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT
 
   
The Board of Directors
  DaimlerChrysler Aktiengesellschaft
    
 
   
We consent to the inclusion of our report dated March 17, 1998, except for Note
28 which is as of June 25, 1998, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft and subsidiaries ("Daimler-Benz") as of December
31, 1997 and 1996, 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, 1997, which report appears in the Chrysler Corporation
Registration Statement on Form S-3 dated October 16, 1998.
    
 
Our auditors' report referred to above contains a qualification as a result of a
departure from United States generally accepted accounting principles for
Daimler-Benz' accounting for certain joint ventures in accordance with the
proportionate method of consolidation. In our opinion, United States generally
accepted accounting principles require that such joint ventures be accounted for
using the equity method of accounting. The United States Securities and Exchange
Commission has stated that it would not object to Daimler-Benz' use of the
proportionate method of consolidation as supplemented by the disclosures in Note
2 to the consolidated financial statements referred to above.
 
In addition, we consent to the reference to our firm under the heading "Experts"
in the Prospectus.
 
                                          KPMG DEUTSCHE TREUHAND-GESELLSCHAFT AG
 
   
Frankfurt am Main
October 16, 1998