From 16 December 1998 to 6 April 2005 he was a member of the Board of Management of what was then DaimlerChrysler AG and in this function was responsible for the Mercedes Car Group (MCG).

In the same year he joined what was then Daimler-Benz AG, where he worked in the process development department of the Sindelfingen plant in various technical and planning functions until 1973.

At the beginning of the 90s he accepted a teaching position at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe in addition to his work at Mercedes-Benz.

During this time, the models on offer were expanded, including the compact cars A-Class and smart, the first SUV with the star M-Class and the CLK.

In 2000 Jürgen Hubbert received the Great Silver Medal of Honor with the Star for Services to the Republic of Austria.