Exhibit 12.1  Certification
of the Chairman of the Board of Management Pursuant
to Section
302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002  I, Dr. Dieter Zetsche,
certify that:  1.I have reviewed
this annual report on Form 20-F of DaimlerChrysler AG;  2.Based on my
knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in
light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;  3.Based on my
knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included
in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial
condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for,
the periods presented in this report;  4.The companys other
certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)
and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in
Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:  (a)Designed such disclosure
controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to
be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating
to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;  (b)Designed such internal
control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over
financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation
of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles;  (c)Evaluated the
effectiveness of the companys disclosure controls and procedures and presented
in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure
controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report
based on such evaluation; and  (d)Disclosed in this report
any change in the companys internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially
affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the companys internal
control over financial reporting; and  5.The companys other
certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation
of internal control over financial reporting, to the companys auditors and the
audit committee of the companys board of directors (or persons performing the
equivalent functions):  (a)All significant
deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal
control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely
affect the companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial
information; and  (b)Any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant
role in the companys internal control over financial reporting.   Date: February 27, 2007/s/ DIETER ZETSCHEDr. Dieter ZetscheChairman of the Board of ManagementHead of Mercedes Car GroupDaimlerChrysler AG