Car giants Volkswagen and Chrysler have both reported strong rises in first-quarter profits as the global car market recovers.
Volkswagen's first quarter net profit nearly doubled to 3.2bn euros ($4.2bn; £2.6bn) compared with a year ago.
Earlier, Chrysler - now controlled by Italy's Fiat - announced net profits of $473m, its best quarterly profit in 13 years.
Both companies said sales of its models had improved.
Germany's Volkswagen said it was outperforming the market in all regions and deliveries to customers were up by 11.1% on the year to 2.2 million vehicles.
Chrysler reported a 39% rise in first quarter sales. It marks another stage in its recovery from the US giant's low point in 2009 when it had to be saved by a government task-force.
The profit figure was four times the amount it made for the first quarter a year ago and was the best result since 1998.
Chrysler's market share is growing, rising to 11.5% in the US last year from 9.4% the year before, and company said it expected to make a total of $1.5bn for 2012 as a whole.
Fiat's boss intends to merge the two companies by 2014.
Fiat increased its stake in Chrysler to 58.5% earlier this year. The rest of the business is owned by the retirees' healthcare trust affiliated with the United Auto Workers union, which represents the company's US hourly-paid workers.
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