- As we saw in the article "The top 10 groups in 2002 and in 2012", the new hierarchy of global carmakers in 2012 compared to 2002. This hierarchy includes the production that Chinese carmakers carry out on behalf of foreign carmakers (European, American, Japanese, Korean), the same way these carmakers count it .

- However, if one takes into account the fact that foreign carmakers are still less than 50% of the capital of joint ventures formed with Chinese manufacturers to produce vehicles in China, the hierarchy of global carmakers is quite different.

- The Chinese carmakers that produce millions of licensed vehicles each year for non-Chinese manufacturers and fall within the top 15, with SAIC (the first Chinese carmaker) in eighth place, FAW (the second Chinese carmaker) in tenth place, Dongfeng (3rd Chinese carmaker) in thirteenth place and Changan (the fourth Chinese carmaker) in the fifteenth place. Let us note that the independent Chinese automakers (without JV) as Chery, Geely, Great Wall and BYD produce less than one million vehicles each.

- Toyota remains the first carmaker worldwide, but Renault-Nissan is the second largest carmaker in China, Volkswagen and GM being highly dependent of China.

Data source: File #101 - Worldwide production detailed by models

Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes 

Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes 

- The heavyweights market the United States (over 3.5 tones) is highly concentrated, with only eight groups confronting each other: Daimler, Ford, International, Paccar, Volvo, Isuzu, Fiat-Chrysler and Toyota. 100% American groups are Ford, Navistar (International brand) and Paccar (Kenworth and Peterbilt).

- It is worth noting that only three European carmakers are present on this market: Daimler, Volvo and Fiat-Chrysler. Thus, European carmakers Scania, MAN and Daf are not present in the United States.

- The Daimler Group does not use the Mercedes brand but its U.S. subsidiaries Freightliner and Western Star in this market. The

- Volvo Trucks Group uses its various brands, including Volvo and Mack.

- Finally, we noted the significant presence of Japanese truck brands in the United States, as Isuzu, Hino, Mitsubishi and Nissan. This presence is recent, but it tends to increase year by year.

- In total, over the first five months of 2013, 136,000 trucks were registered in the United States against 132,000 in the first five months of 2012, representing an increase of 3%.

- In 2013, the Daimler Group holds 35.1% of the market ahead of Ford (16.8%), Paccar (16%), International (15.4%) and Volvo (9.3%). Japanese groups occupy less than 5% of the market.

Data source: File #55 - Registrations in the World by makes