- Japanese manufacturers gradually established themselves in the United States in the 80s, in order to reduce the volume of exports from Japan and also take advantage of a local presence in order to increase their sales in this market, which is one of the worlds largest markets.

- In 2013, they will have produced a total of 4 million vehicles locally (thus displaying a new production record), while they continue to import from Japan a large number of vehicles (1.5 million vehicles estimated for 2013), mainly premium range models which aren't assembled in the United States.

- Toyota and Honda are the largest Japanese producers established in the United States (each producing about 1.5 million vehicles in 2013). They are followed by Nissan (800 000 units in 2013) and Subaru (200 000 units in 2013). Mitsubishi and Mazda have for their part almost stopped all production in the United States.

- While in 2011 Toyota and Honda suffered from the consequences of the tsunami in Japan (March 2011), particularly regarding parts and components, in 2012 and 2013 both manufactures had a sharp increase of their US production. Nissan suffered slightly less than its competitors and its production increased significantly in 2012 and 2013. Only Subaru production has stagnated in the U.S.A. for two years.

  

- Hyundai-Kia group is by far the Korean group with the largest presence in China, both in terms of production and sales.
Samsung models from the Renault-Nissan group, produced in Korea, are indeed sold in small quantities under the French brand Renault. On its side, Ssangyong exports only small numbers of vehicles from Korea.

- Hyundai is the third brand produced and sold in China, behind Volkswagen and GM-Wuling. It produces locally  its model under a Joint-Venture with  “Beijing Automotive”. The graphs representing the production of Hyundai in China highlight that the first Korean brand has benefited from the temporary disaffection of Japanese brands in this market between August 2012 and August 2013.

- Hyundai growth has stopped in September 2013 (zero growth compared to September 2012).
It had already slowed down in the previous months at a time when Japanese brands began to reach their 2011 level.

- The same observation can be made about the Kia brand, second Korean brand and twelfth brand produced and sold in China. Its growth was reduced between July and September 2013 and September growth was almost zero (compared to September 2012). Kia produces locally in China under a Joint-Venture with Dongfeng.