- The United States imported 867,000 vehicles in 2012 from Europe, including 643,000 from Germany, 122,000 from Britain, 45,000 from Belgium, 23,000  from Sweden, 22,000 from Slovakia, 10,000 from France and 2,000 from Hungary. Three-quarters of imports in 2012 are therefore of Germany (Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Porsche, Volkswagen).

- Among the five most imported cars are two mid-range Mercedes (Class C and Class E) and two mid-range BMW (3 Series and 5 Series) from Germany, as well as the Mini (owned by BMW) from Britain. The only car imported from France is the Smart Fortwo. But from 2013, the Toyota Yaris for the US market will be imported in the USA from France instead of Japan.

- The level of 2012 EU imports (867 000 units) amounts back to the pre-crisis level of 2007, (873,000 units), after a bad year in 2008 (782,000 units), 2009 (651,000 units ), 2010 (716 000 units) and 2011 (814 000 units).