Exhibit
15.1    convenience translation  Declaration by the Board of Management and the Supervisory
Board of Daimler AG pursuant to Section 161 of the German Stock
Corporation Act (AktG) regarding the German Corporate Governance Code as
amended on  June 6, 2008*  Section 161 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) requires the
Board of Management and the Supervisory Board of a listed stock corporation to
declare each year that the recommendations of the German Corporate Governance
Code Government Commission as published by the Federal Ministry of Justice in
the official section of the electronic Federal Gazette have been and are being
met or, if not, which recommendations have not been or are not being applied.
Shareholders must be given permanent access to such declaration.  The German Corporate
Governance Code (Code) contains rules with varying binding effects.
Apart from outlining aspects of the applicable German Stock Corporation Law, it
contains recommendations from which companies are permitted to deviate.
However, if they do so, they must disclose this each year. The Code also
contains suggestions which can be ignored without giving rise to any disclosure
requirement.  The Board of Management
and the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG have decided to disclose not only
deviations from the Codes recommendations (see I.) but also  without being
legally obliged to do so  deviations from its suggestions (see II.).  For the period from December 2007
until August 7, 2008, the following declaration refers to the Code in
effect as of June 14, 2007. For the corporate governance practice of
Daimler AG since August 8, 2008, this declaration refers to the
requirements of the Code as amended on June 6, 2008, published in the
electronic Federal Gazette on August 8, 2008.  The Board of Management
and the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG declare that as a rule both the
recommendations and the suggestions of the German Corporate Governance Code
Government Commission have been and are being met. The Board of Management and
the Supervisory Board also intend to follow the recommendations and suggestions
of the German Corporate Governance Code in the future. The following
recommendations and suggestions are the only ones that have not been and are
not being applied:  1


I.Deviations from the Recommendations of the German
Corporate Governance Code  1.Deductible with the D&O insurance (Code Clause
3.8, Paragraph 2)  The
Directors and Officers Liability insurance (D&O insurance) obtained by
Daimler AG excludes coverage for intentional acts and omissions and for
breaches of duty knowingly committed by members of the Board of Management and
the Supervisory Board.  As a result, a
deductible only comes into question in the context of negligent breaches of
duty.  We do not believe that
it is advisable to have a deductible for cases of negligence by members of the
Supervisory Board because it may interfere with the companys intention to
staff its Supervisory Board with prominent members of the community from
Germany and abroad who have extensive business experience. Qualified candidates
would be deterred by having to accept far-reaching liability risks also in case
of negligence. The fact that a deductible is fairly unusual in other countries
makes this even more of a problem.  The D&O insurance
of Daimler AG does provide for a deductible for cases of ordinary or gross
negligence by members of the Board of Management. Moreover, in cases of gross
negligence, the Presidential Committee of the Supervisory Board which is
responsible for the Board of Management members service contracts may resolve to
make a percentage deduction from the variable portion of the compensation of
the member of the Board of Management concerned. In terms of its overall economic
result, this would achieve an additional deductible. In the view of Daimler AG
this rule enables to judge individual cases more fairly on their merits
than the blanket approach of the Code.  2


2.Compensation of the Supervisory Board (Code Clause
5.4.6, Paragraph 2, Sentence 1)  The Supervisory Board receives adequate compensation that contains fixed
and function-related elements as well as attendance fees. The Articles of
Incorporation provide for a base annual fee for each Member of the Supervisory
Board. This base annual fee increases according to the respective field of
responsibility with taking over further functions within the Supervisory Board,
as taking a membership or the Chair of a Supervisory Board Committee or the
Chair or  Deputy Chair of the Supervisory
Board. We believe that a function-related compensation system is also more
appropriate for the oversight role of Supervisory Board members than
performance-related compensation because it eliminates any potential
conflicting interests that might arise from decisions of the Supervisory Board
with possible influence on performance criteria. Thus the Supervisory Board
does not receive performance-related compensation.  II.Deviations from the Suggestions of the German
Corporate Governance Code  1.Broadcast of the Annual Meeting (Code Clause
2.3.4)  The Annual Meeting of Daimler AG is broadcast on the internet through
the end of the Board of Managements report. Continuing the broadcast after
this point, particularly broadcasting comments made by individual shareholders
could be construed as interfering with privacy rights. For this reason the
company will go on not to broadcast the entire Annual Meeting.  2.Variable compensation of the Supervisory Board
relating to the companys long-term success (Code Clause 5.4.6 Paragraph 2,
Sentence 2)  We refer to the comments on I. 2. with regard to the introduction of
performance-related compensation.  Stuttgart, in December 2007  The Supervisory Board                     The Board of Management  3