There has been real progress at DaimlerChrysler compared with Ford and GM. They got the job cuts size right at Chrysler and the only way to turn Mercedes around is to do the same thing.
A lot of people in the automotive industry thought he'd sort of exited through the back door when he took the job at Linde, but he showed that it was a very well-organized company and one with ambition. He's showing people, 'You have missed me, but I don't miss you.