Survey that is collected by car manufacturer (4)
I believe the answer is:
view
'survey' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'that is collected by car manufacturer' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'that is' could be 'ie' (abbreviation for id est, 'that is' in Latin) and 'ie' is found in the answer.
'car' could be 'vw' (Volkswagen car) and 'vw' is found within the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for view that I've seen before include "Opinion; inspect" , "Prospect - opinion" , "Range or field of vision" , "thinking" , "Perspective" .)