- According to Inovev's calculations, the 30 european country (EU + United Kingdom + Switzerland + Norway) imported 210,000 new vehicles from the United States in 2023 and 205,000 in 2024. These imports have therefore remained stable over the past few years. It is to note that these figures relate to USA only and do not include imports from Mexico and Canada.
- The largest quantities of these vehicles imported from the United States come from German premium brands, such as BMW (142,000 units) and Mercedes (46,000 units), which import a large number of locally produced SUVs. These two brands alone account for more than 90% of imports from the United States, or 188,000 units in 2024.
- Volvo imports some 5,000 cars from the United States, ahead of Jeep (4,300 cars), Tesla (3,300 units), whose Model 3s come from China and Model Ys from Germany, Ford (3,000 units) and GM (1,000 units).
- Trump administration says being surprised that vehicles produced in the United States are not selling or are selling very little in Europe. But the large SUVs and large pickup trucks produced in this country are totally unsuited to European demand. The pickup market, for example, represents only 82,000 sales in Europe in 2024 compared to 85,000 in 2023, and these are mid-range pickups, less imposing than the Ford F-Series or Chevrolet Silverado. As for GM and Ford sedans that could have interested customers in Europe, they have completely disappeared from the manufacturing program in the United States. Even the American brands dedicated to the European market (Chrysler France, Chrysler UK, Opel, Vauxhall) have been sold to a European carmaker. For its part, Ford-Europe has decided to eliminate all its sedans (Ka, Fiesta, Focus, Mondeo) following the example of what happened in the United States. Stellantis imports virtually nothing from the United States, and Tesla will soon no longer import any cars from that country. As for Japanese carmakers, they prefer to import their cars from Japan rather than the United States.
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