Questions - Impact of Auto Bailouts on Car Purchases - October 4-5, 2012
Ford Remains Far More Popular Than GM, Chrysler
57% Are More Likely to Buy A Ford Because Of the GM Bailout
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National Survey of
1,000 Adults
Conducted October 4-5, 2012
By Rasmussen Reports
1*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of General Motors?
2*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Chrysler?
3*
Do you have a very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable or very
unfavorable impression of Ford?
4*
Looking back, was it a good idea or a bad idea for the federal government to
provide bailout funding for General Motors and Chrysler?
5*
Generally speaking, would it have been better for the automobile business in
the long-term if one of the big three went out of business?
6*
Ford did not take any bailout funding from the government. Does this make you
more or less likely to buy a car from Ford?
7*
Have you, anyone in your family or any of your friends bought a car from Ford
recently because it did not take a government bailout?
8*
General Motors received a bailout from the government and then was taken over
by the federal government. Does the fact that General Motors took a bailout
make you more likely or less likely to buy a General Motors car?
9*
Has the bailout and government takeover of General
Motors caused you or anyone you know to avoid buying a General Motors car?
NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3
percentage points with a 95% level of confidence
