Does Herr Tropitzsch merely refer to the new company's own corporate culture, or more grandly to a world-shaper's prerogatives? Daily News - 12/08/1998 Treading Carefully Toward a New Culture Stuttgart, 12/08/1998 - 'We are going to create a new culture,' DaimlerChrysler Board member Heiner Tropitzsch explained to the German business newspaper Handelsblatt. Emphasizing the need to tread carefully on both sides of the Atlantic, he added that cultural integration must follow the principles of a 'merger of equals.' During a recent interview, Tropitzsch once again stated that DaimlerChrysler's goal 'is to become the world's leading and most successful automotive, transportation and services company.' ©1998 DaimlerChrysler. All rights reserved.