- The heavyweights market the United States (over 3.5 tones) is highly concentrated, with only eight groups confronting each other: Daimler, Ford, International, Paccar, Volvo, Isuzu, Fiat-Chrysler and Toyota. 100% American groups are Ford, Navistar (International brand) and Paccar (Kenworth and Peterbilt).

- It is worth noting that only three European carmakers are present on this market: Daimler, Volvo and Fiat-Chrysler. Thus, European carmakers Scania, MAN and Daf are not present in the United States.

- The Daimler Group does not use the Mercedes brand but its U.S. subsidiaries Freightliner and Western Star in this market. The

- Volvo Trucks Group uses its various brands, including Volvo and Mack.

- Finally, we noted the significant presence of Japanese truck brands in the United States, as Isuzu, Hino, Mitsubishi and Nissan. This presence is recent, but it tends to increase year by year.

- In total, over the first five months of 2013, 136,000 trucks were registered in the United States against 132,000 in the first five months of 2012, representing an increase of 3%.

- In 2013, the Daimler Group holds 35.1% of the market ahead of Ford (16.8%), Paccar (16%), International (15.4%) and Volvo (9.3%). Japanese groups occupy less than 5% of the market.

Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes