Among the 10 best-selling cars in the USA, 8 are made in the USA
- American carmakers have gradually relocated part of their car production to Canada and Mexico, but these relocations have ceased in recent years, without however any significant relocation of vehicles on the US soil.
- On the other hand, we observe that the United States achieves a performance which is unmatched by any European country, meaning importing less than 50% of cars from abroad. Imports are Germany at 63%, France at 82%, Italy at 85% and England at 87%, while the United States is only at 40%. However, Europe as a whole has only 15% of imports and only one car built outside the region among its top 10: the Renault Clio, which is produced at 2/3 in Turkey and 1/3 in Slovenia.
- By comparison, in Asian automobile producers countries, the import rate is even lower: in Korea it is 12%, in Japan it is 6% and in China it is 5%.
- The low rate of imports observed in the United States can be explained in part because the first three major sales, the Ford F Series, Chevrolet Silverado and Dodge Ram, are pick-ups historically produced in the United States and which find the vast majority of their customers locally.
- As a result, the only imported models among the 10 bestsellers in 2020 are the Toyota RAV4 (fourth sale) which comes from Canada and the Chevrolet Equinox (eighth sale) which comes from Canada and Mexico.
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