[sustran] FW: [New Mobility/WorldTransport Forum] Tragic loss of personal v ehicle - and our commiserations thereupon

[Wetzel Dave]

Eric
You could also point out that Mercedes also manufacture excellent buses that
Mr Schrepp might like to try now he has no car. 
He would benefit his own health by walking to the bus stop and reduce the
pollution to the planet that his limo creates.

-----Original Message-----
From: EcoPlan, Paris [mailto:eric.britton at ecoplan.org] 
Sent: 24 November 2004 08:53
To: WorldTransport at yahoogroups.com; Sustran-discuss at jca.ax.apc.org
Cc: 'Wolfgang Zuckermann'
Subject: [New Mobility/WorldTransport Forum] Tragic loss of personal
vehicle - and our commiserations thereupon

Wednesday, November 24, 2004, Paris, France, Europe
The Editor 
The International Herald Tribune 
6 bis, rue des Graviers
92521 Neuilly Cedex
France
 
Dear Editor,
 
Re the article in your fine newspaper of Tuesday last reporting on the
theft of the €800,000 (or $1 million) S600 Mercedes-Benz armored
limousine of DaimlerChrysler's chief executive, Jürgen Schrempp.
 
The members of World Transport and the New Mobility Agenda (
<http://newmobilitypartners.org/> http://newmobilitypartners.org) wish
to share their heart-felt commiserations with Mr. Schrempp.  We care
deeply about personal mobility and choice, and certainly none of us
likes to be deprived of our preferred means of transportation. 
 
In my case however my commiseration goes even more deeply since I too
have recently been the victim of such a theft.  In my case it was my
newish black bicycle here in Paris, and on my vehicle I had also
installed some useful extras just as Mr. Schrempp had opted for a
12-cylinder engine and a sophisticated broadcasting device to help
retrieve the car.  In my case it was a smart new black metal basket for
carrying my books, day’s shopping and of course the IHT on my way to my
morning coffee.
 
As a gesture of solidarity, I am posting this letter to the more than
one thousand transportation experts world wide, including several in the
Stuttgart region, who regularly consult our World Transport/New Mobility
Forum at  <http://newmobility.org/> http://newmobility.org.  It is my
hope that if anyone of us has spotted the vehicle (I understand that it
too is black) you will let the IHT and Mr. Schrempp know.
 
Faithfully,
 
Eric Britton
Convener, The New Mobility Agenda at  <http://newmobility.org/>
http://newmobility.org
 
The Commons: Open Society Sustainability Initiative at http://ecoplan.org Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara          75006 Paris, France
Free video/voice conferencing: Click to http://newmobilitypartners.org  
E: postmaster at ecoplan.org  T: +331 4326 1323   

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Bloomberg News , Tuesday, November 23, 2004, Copyright © 2004 The
International Herald Tribune |  

Car thieves hit Daimler

DaimlerChrysler's chief executive, Jürgen Schrempp, had his S600
Mercedes-Benz armored limousine stolen while it was parked on a street in
Stuttgart, the German city in which the carmaker is based.

The black company car, which is worth about €800,000, or $1 million,
disappeared on the night of Oct. 26, Klaus-Peter Arand, a police
spokesman, said in an interview. The limousine, which sports a
12-cylinder engine and is equipped with a broadcasting device to help
retrieve the car, has not been found, the police said.

Schrempp, 60, has been chief executive of DaimlerChrysler since 1995.
Hartmut Schick, a spokesman for the world's fifth-largest carmaker,
confirmed the theft without giving details.

The S600 is the top limousine with the Mercedes brand.




 
 
 
 






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