The 2nd Day of Auto Expo 2014

CEO of automaker Daimler AG Dieter Zetsche, center, and members of the board Bodo Uebber, left, and Wolfgang Bernhard, right, pose for the media next to a Mercedes C-class car in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. Automaker Daimler AG finished 2013 strongly after a rough start to the year that included a profit warning. Net profit fell 36 percent to 1.68 billion euros (US dollar 2.27 billion), reflecting a one-time gain in the fourth quarter of 2012 of 709 million euros from the sale of a stake in aerospace company EADS. With the sale excluded, the company said Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 that operating earnings jumped 45 percent to 2.53 billion from 1.74 billion.