Jaeger, for someone who keeps accusing others of ignoring "facts", your posts are conspicuously free of them.
As to the speculations about what Mercedes did, here's how it goes. Chrysler had a lot of cash flow and was profitable, with 7-8 billions in liquidity (another fact), Mercedes "merged" with it to use that money to correct its own position and invest in itself, but deprived Chrysler of the funds necessary to keep up with an evolving market. When Chrysler became unprofitable and Mercedes realized that they would have to invest money to right it and correct their past mistakes, Mercedes just sold them.