- The US automobile market for passenger cars (ranking harmonized with that of other countries) decreased by 36.9% in March 2020 compared to March 2019, the United States having seen the coronavirus crisis arrive later than China and Europe .

- Over the 3-month 2020 cumulative period, the US market fell 11.1%, a much better result than those recorded in China and Europe.

- On the other hand, the month of April being catastrophic in health matters in the United States, it is likely that the US market will experience a significant fall this month, more important than that of March.

- The American administration however announces a next resumption of the activity of the assembly factories located on the American territory, which seems unrealistic, so much the pandemic is currently important on this territory and seems to be spreading. The move would likely threaten the health of many workers in the auto industry.

- The first two months of 2020 were at the same level of production as those of 2019, but March 2020 should be worse than March 2019.

- The manufacturers most affected in the first quarter of 2020 were Nissan (-29.6%), Honda (-19.2%), BMW (-17.4%), Jaguar Land Rover (-17.2%) and Volkswagen (-13.9%). American manufacturers were less affected: GM (-7.1%), Ford (-12.3%) and Chrysler (-10.4%). The manufacturers that withstood the drop in sales better were Mercedes (-4.6%), Hyundai-Kia (-5.4%) and Toyota (-8.8%). Tesla (-5.4%) is also one of the manufacturers that weathered the crisis the best.