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* The source provides no information regarding the original wording used during the survey. The wording used here may therefore differ slightly from that used in the survey.

** The source adds the following information: "For this year's survey, we asked more executives and covered a wider range of countries than at any time in the past. Half of our 953 respondents are CEOs, Presidents, Chairmen or C-level Executives, providing us with even more reliable results about the opinions in the core of the automotive industry. Our sample is split evenly between the upstream (product-driven) and the downstream (service-driven) market, with a stronger focus on ICT companies than in previous years. We thereby account for the latest developments in the market and keep track of the new players who challenge the industry. Around one third of the executives are based in Western and Eastern Europe, 13 percent each come from North and South America and 15 percent originate from India and ASEAN. 9 percent of the executives come from China, 10 percent from the Mature Asia region of Japan and South Korea. Almost two thirds of our respondents are active in companies with revenues greater than US$1 billion, half of whom even have revenues of more than US$10 billion." More information on the composition of the sample can be found on pages 6 and 7 of this document.