FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 17: (L-R) Roland Koch, governor of the German state of Hesse, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster, Hans Demant, chief of Adam Opel GmbH, and Matthias Wissmann, president of the VDA federation of the German automobile industry, address the media at the Opel trade-show booth during the international motor show IAA on September 17, 2009 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The world's biggest auto show runs until September 27. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY - SEPTEMBER 17: (L-R) Roland Koch, governor of the German state of Hesse, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, GM Europe President Carl-Peter Forster, Hans Demant, chief of Adam Opel GmbH, and Matthias Wissmann, president of the VDA federation of the German automobile industry, address the media at the Opel trade-show booth during the international motor show IAA on September 17, 2009 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. The world's biggest auto show runs until September 27.

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