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Questions - Automobiles - February 13-14, 2012

46% Say Driving Is Something They Really Enjoy
Ford Still Viewed More Favorably Than GM, Chrysler
14% Are Very Likely to Buy or Lease A Car This Year
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National Survey of 1,000 Adults

Conducted February 13-14, 2012

By Rasmussen Reports

 

1* How likely are you to buy or lease a car in the next year?

2* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of General Motors?

3* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Chrysler?

4* Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very unfavorable impression of Ford?

5* When you look for a car, do you look for an American built car, a foreign built car, or the best possible deal regardless of where it was manufactured?

6* Is buying a foreign brand of car that’s built in the U.S. the same as buying an "American" product?

7* Do you consider just the Detroit Big Three – Ford, General Motors and Chrysler - to be American car companies?

8* How important is the automobile industry to the overall United States economy?

 

9* Is driving a car something you really enjoy or just something you do to get from one place to another?

 

 

 

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence