In a new survey by Consumer Reports, 81 percent of respondents that are looking to buy a new car said that they are likely to consider buying an American vehicle. Only 47 percent said that they would consider Asian while 46 percent said that they would buy European.
However, according to a report by Automotive News, actual U.S. light-vehicle sales differ. Through August 2009, Detroit automakers only accounted for 43.9 percent of new-vehicles sales while Korean and Japanese automakers accounted for 48 percent. European brands accounted for 7.5 percent.
Narrowing it down, the percentage of new-car buyers who said that they are likely to consider buying a Ford model...
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