- The US market grew by 5.9% over the whole year 2014, to reach 16 531 688 PC + LUV (against 15 604 325 units in 2013). Let us recall that in the US SUVs, minivans and pickups are included in the category of light utility vehicles (LUV).

- 2014 figures mark the fifth year of growth since the catastrophic year it experienced in 2009. The US market today is poised to regain record high levels of 2000-2001 which had exceeded 17 million units.

- When observing the chart below, we can see that the US market is relatively cyclical, with strong periodic variations (note the large declines in 1974-1975, 1980-1981, 1990-1991 and 2009).

- Since the US market grew by almost 1 million units between 2013 and 2014, it is not impossible that it keeps going and reaches a new record in 2015 of 17.5 million units; given there has been no noticeable sign of slowing down.

- The carmaker ranking did not change in 2014 compared to 2013. The GM group remains by far the market leader (with nearly 3 million vehicles) ahead of the Ford group (2.5 million vehicles), the Toyota Group (2.4 million) and the Fiat-Chrysler group (2.1 million). Followed by far by the Honda group (1.5 million), Renault-Nissan (1.4 million), Hyundai-Kia (1.3 million). Then, again very far behind the Volkswagen group, Subaru, BMW, Daimler and Mazda. Only Ford and Volkswagen have sold fewer vehicles in 2014 than in 2013.

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