Dow Jones reports that DaimlerChrysler has said it will release its first Mercedes model with a hybrid transmission before the next IAA international auto show in Frankfurt.

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DaimlerChrysler’s head of research and technology, Thomas Weber, didn’t give an exact date for the new model’s market launch, but said it can be expected before the next IAA in 2007, Dow Jones reported.

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