In July 2017, Mercedes-Benz AMG company officials announced the company's withdrawal from German touring car racing after 2018 season and the immediate discontinuation of its DTM program, coinciding with its entrance into FIA Formula E Championship in 2019, and its discontinuation of its DMSB program.

DTM followed this formula, as the models racing could be bought in road car form. DTM stands for Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touring Car Championship) and was introduced in 1984. It has a complex history which continued till the end of 1995, where DTM became part of the International Touring Car Series.

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The Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) is a system to track and monitor displacement and population mobility, provide critical information to decision-makers and responders during crises, and contribute to better understandings of population flows.