- The U.S. market is slowly returning to its pre-crisis levels (2000-2007), since it should end the year 2013 on a volume of registrations of around 15.5 to 16 million units.

- In 2007, just before the outbreak of the financial crisis, the U.S. market had reached 16.2 million units, previous years were even better (17 million in 2005 and 16.5 million in 2006).

- In 2013, the U.S. market is gradually approaching these same volumes and is gradually moving away from 2009, figures where it fell to 10.4 million units.

- This market has increased by more than 5 million units between 2009 and 2013, which represents an increase of over 50% in four years. Meanwhile (between 2009 and 2013), the European market 27 countries (similar to the U.S. market in terms of volume) lost 17% of its sales volume, and has dropped by 25% since 2007.

- Which manufacturers have benefited the most from the recovery of the U.S. market? Themarket share comparison of different automotive groups between 2009 and 2013 reveals that the builders who have made the most progress since 2009 are the Fiat-Chrysler group (+3 points), Renault-Nissan (+1 point), Hyundai-Kia (+1 point) and Volkswagen (+1 point).

- In a rising market, on the other hand GM (-2 points), Toyota (-3 points), Honda (-1 point) have lost market share.