Rasmussen: 50% Less Likely to Buy GM Because of Bailout

Rasmussen Reports ^ | 09/30/2011

[SeekAndFind]

Federal bailout funding may have prevented General Motors from going through a normal bankruptcy process, but it has come at a significant price in terms of reputation and potential buyers.

Fifty percent (50%) of American adults are less likely to buy a GM car because of the bailout. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds just four percent (4%) are more likely to buy from the company that critics refer to as Government Motors. Forty-two percent (42%) say the bailout has had no impact on their buying plans one way or the other.

The flip side of the data is that 51% are more likely to buy from Ford simply because it did not accept bailout funding. Twelve percent (12%) are less likely to buy from Ford, and 34% say the bailout has had no impact. Twenty-five percent (25%) of adults say they or someone in their family avoided buying a GM car because of the bailout. Again, Ford is on the other side of a great divide. Nineteen percent (19%) say they or someone in their family bought a car from Ford because it did not take bailout money.

The bad news for GM is that these findings have changed little from a year ago, so negative perceptions of the bailout linger despite the repayment of a substantial portion of the money.

[2ndDivisionVet]

[I Drive Too Fast]

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[NonValueAdded]

... despite the repayment of a substantial portion of the money.

have they? Or was that simply reprogramming of the loan to cut out the gubermint's primacy of payment? Seems to me I remember reports it was all sleight of hand.

[Seaplaner]

That 50% number is way too low.

Oui.

Many, many folks are just plain indignant about this confiscation and redistribution of our great grandchildren's money to bankroll the... Volt.

I would eat glass before I would buy (or even rent) a car from Marxist Motors.

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[Carbonsteel]

I stopped buying GM after they introduced On-Star and quit making cars I liked to drive and began focusing exclusively on building SUV’s.

I'm a car guy and always have been and GM isn't much interested in building cars anymore and haven’t been for 20 years.

[KeyLargo]

Yep. Bought a 2011 Ford Edge last year.

[Carbonsteel]

What is more American, buying a GM product built in Mexico or buying a Mazda product built in America?

[Mr. K]

My mom was buying a car and I met her at the dealership- I made sure to say LOUDLY “Mom you are not getting a Government Motors Car” as I walked her across the street to the Ford dealer.

[Bobalu]

Only way I would ever even consider buying a GM product is if they paid back what was swindled from the taxpayers, returned to bondholders the money that was stolen and given to UAW and made an abject apology.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The other 50% are either far left liberals or are the uninformed useful idiots.

[Gaffer]

Reputation? Purchase? GM? It doesn’t exist to me. NEVER!

[who knows what evil?]

Damn straight...let those union SOB’s starve...

[Arlis]

Include me in that 50%. Had GM vehicles since my family raised me driving them, and just sold my ‘06 Silverado Duramax LT truck. I’ve had about 10 Chevy/GMC trucks.....

Now driving a Ford F150 and love it.

I must confess that I may buy a c7 ‘Vette if the day comes that I can’t keep my Harley’s and old Triumph’s vertical....but I won’t buy it new.......

[Ham Hock]

[Pollster1]

Fifty percent (50%) of American adults are less likely to buy a GM car because of the bailout.

I'm not "less likely" to buy, there is no chance in the world that I would buy a GM product, ever, under any circumstance. That company is dead to me. The gross and massive corruption involved in ripping off taxpayers, GM bondholders, and many others while enriching UAW and other Dem donors disgusts me beyond words. This news is good - GM cannot support their massive corruption and its legacy on only 50% of their potential customer base.

[stockpirate]

I have owned to GM products, got ride of my suburban and will NEVER own another GM product.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I guess that 50% would be the tax payers, and the other 50% are the parasites?

[goodwithagun]

Love love love my Titan! Hubby is looking for a good used Honda Ridgeline, because his ‘96 Nissan 4X4 doesn’t have room for two carseats. GM and Chrisler not even options for us.

[goodwithagun]

Love love love my Titan! Hubby is looking for a good used Honda Ridgeline, because his ‘96 Nissan 4X4 doesn’t have room for two carseats. GM and Chrisler not even options for us.

[Poison Pill]

GM is dead to me.