Key Figures

Daimler Financial Services division expanded its worldwide contract volume by 11% to €63.9 billion in the third quarter. Compared with the prior year, 15 additional companies were consolidated for the first time, most of them in Eastern Europe and Asia. Without this effect and adjusted for exchange-rate effects, the increase was 9%. Compared with the prior-year period, new business increased by 19% to €7.7 billion; adjusted growth amounted to 18%.