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Filed pursuant to Rule 433
July 31, 2006
Relating to
Prospectus Supplement dated April 29, 2005
Prospectus dated April 29, 2005
Registration Statement Nos. 333-123535 and 333-13160
Pricing Term Sheet for Medium-Term Notes, Series E
     
Issuer:
   DaimlerChrysler North America Holding Corporation
Guarantor:
   DaimlerChrysler AG
Type of Note:
   Floating Rate Note
Principal Amount:
   $1,000,000,000
Issue Price:
   100%
Calculation Agent:
   JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Original Issue Date (Settlement Date):
   August 3, 2006
Stated Maturity:
   August 3, 2009
Initial Interest Rate:
   To be determined on August 1, 2006 as described below as if the Original Issue Date was an Interest Reset Date
Specified Currency:
   U.S. Dollars
     (If other than U.S. Dollars, see attachment hereto)
Option to Receive Payments in Specified Currency: o Yes þ No
     (Applicable only if Specified Currency is other than U.S. Dollars)
Authorized Denominations:
     (Applicable only if Specified Currency is other than U.S. Dollars)
                     
Base Rate:
   o CD Rate   o CMT Rate   o Commercial   o Eleventh District
 
           Paper Rate   Cost of Funds Rate
 
   o Federal Funds Open Rate   o Federal   þ LIBOR        
 
            Funds Rate            
    o Prime Rate   o Treasury Rate   o Other (see attachment hereto)
 
   If LIBOR, Designated Page:   o Reuters Page   þ Moneyline        
 
           Telerate Page        
 
   If LIBOR, Index Currency:   U.S. Dollars            
 
   If CMT Rate, CMT Moneyline                
 
   Telerate Page:   o 7051   o 7052        
 
   If CMT Moneyline Telerate   o One-week   o One month        
 
   Page 7052:        average yield   average yield        
     
Index Maturity:
   Quarterly
 
    
Interest Reset Period:
   Quarterly
 
    
Interest Reset Dates:
   Quarterly on the 3rd of each February, May, August and November, subject to the Business Day convention
 
    
Interest Payment Period:
   Quarterly
 
    
Interest Payment Dates:
   Quarterly on the 3rd of each February, May, August and November, subject to the Business Day convention, commencing November 3, 2006
 
    
Interest Determination Date:
   The second London Business Day prior to each Interest Reset Date
 
    
Interest Calculation:
   þ Regular Floating Rate Note
 
   o Inverse Floating Rate Note
 
   o Floating Rate/Fixed Rate Note

 

 

     
 
        Fixed Rate Commencement Date:
 
        Fixed Interest Rate:
Spread (+/-):
   plus 45 basis points (+ .45%)
 
    
Spread Multiplier:
   n/a
 
    
Maximum Interest Rate:
   n/a
 
    
Minimum Interest Rate:
   n/a
Redemption:   þ The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to maturity, except for certain reasons of taxation.
o The Notes cannot be redeemed prior to maturity, including for reasons of taxation.
o The Notes may be redeemed prior to maturity.
     
Initial Redemption Date:
   n/a
The Redemption Price shall initially be           % of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and shall decline at each anniversary of the initial Redemption Date by           % of the principal amount to be redeemed until the Redemption Price is 100% of such principal amount.
Repayment:   þ The Notes cannot be repaid prior to maturity.
o The Notes can be repaid prior to maturity at the option of the holder of the Notes.
     
Optional Repayment Date(s):
   n/a
 
    
Repayment Price:
   n/a
Payment of additional amounts by Issuer in respect of taxation: o Yes þ No
Payment of additional amounts by Guarantor in respect of taxation: þ Yes o No
Discount Notes: o Yes þ No
     Total Amount of OID:
     Yield to Maturity:
     Initial Accrual Period OID:
Form:                þ Book-Entry Note                      o Certificated Note
Agent’s Discount or Commission: 0.25%
Agent’s Capacity:            o Agent            þ Principal
Net proceeds to Issuer (if sale to Agent as principal): $997,500,000
         
Agent:
  o Banc of America Securities LLC   o Goldman, Sachs & Co.
 
        
 
  o Barclays Capital Inc.   þ HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. ($333,333,333.33)
 
        
 
  þ Citigroup Global Markets Inc. ($333,333,333.34)   o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
 
        
 
  o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.   þ Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc. ($333,333,333.33)
Additional Terms: The provisions set forth under “Description of Debt Securities and Guarantees—Discharge, Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance” in the Prospectus will apply to the Notes.
The issuer and the guarantor have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer and the guarantor have filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and the guarantor and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, the issuer, any agent or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling 1-877-858-5407.

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