For Cars, 'Buy American' Sentiment Is Spotty

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If automakers start shedding dealerships in their effort to avoid bankruptcy, a new survey provides a roadmap of where they might feel inclined to make the deepest cuts. One question in the Gallup polling (fielded the second week of this month) gauged whether country of origin matters to Americans when they buy a car. It does, but in significantly different ways from one region to another.

In the Midwest, 41 percent of respondents said they’d consider vehicles from an American company only, far outnumbering the 7 percent who said they’d consider vehicles from foreign companies only.

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