STUTTGART, Germany, Sept 25 (Reuters) - DaimlerChrysler's Mercedes Car Group aims to achieve an 8 percent operating margin and boost productivity by just over 7 percent in 2007, Mercedes Chief Operating Officer Rainer Schmueckle said on Tuesday.
Previously, Mercedes had forecast a margin significantly higher than 7 percent and the passenger car arm of Daimler had in July added that it would target a 10 percent margin by 2010 at the latest.