- Slovakia became in 2012 the largest car producer in the world relative to its population(171 vehicles produced per 1000 inhabitants), arriving well before the Czech Republic and South Korea. Slovak automotive industry (assembly and equipment) employs around 75,000 people.

- Slovakia has increased its position to 7th position in Europe in terms of production (behind the Czech Republic), while the country is in 19th place in Europe in terms of population.

- Three carmakers operate now in Slovakia: the Volkswagen group (Bratislava) which manufactures Volkswagen (Up, Touareg), Audi (Q7), Seat (Mii) and Skoda (Citigo) vehicles, the Hyundai-Kia  group (Zilina) which manufactures Kia (Cee'd, Sportage, Venga) vehicles, the PSA group (Trnava) which manufactures Peugeot (208) and Citroën (C3 Picasso) vehicles.

- The annual current installed capacity is 400 000 vehicles for the Volkswagen group, 300 000 vehicles for the Hyundai-Kia group and 300,000 vehicles for the PSA group, i.e. altogether one million vehicles per year. The BMW Group is also planning to move to Slovakia and Hungary over the next few years.

- Vehicles produced in Slovakia are mainly destined for the European Union, but other markets are growing in importance, such as North America or Russia.