This infographic illustrates the reliance of various foreign car brands on U.S. buyers, showing the U.S. share of total sales for each brand.
Honda: shows the highest reliance on U.S. buyers, with 39% of its total sales coming from the U.S.
Hyundai, Nissan, and Porsche: also have a significant U.S. share of 28-29% each.
Brands like Ferrari, Toyota, and BMW have a U.S. share in the mid-20s, while Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Volkswagen have a lower reliance on the U.S. market, with shares ranging from 12% to 16%.
Approximately 40% of Ford's total sales are from international markets outside of the Americas. Ford's global sales in 2024 were 4 million units, with a significant portion coming from North America. Specifically, Ford sold roughly 900,000 vehicles in Europe alone. Having been to Europe many, many times, the one thing you don't see often are the F- series trucks. They're too big for the tiny streets over there.
This book is a fascinating study of America's favorite truck. Myself, I drive an '05 F-150 with 198k miles on it.
Ford was the only major U.S. mfgr who did not take TARP $’s
ReplyDeletea while back I remember reading that the ONLY Ferrari dealer that sold cars for cash was in DC. seems like people would walk in with a briefcase full of cash and drive out with a Ferrari. just about all of the other dealers made money on the loans taken out to buy one. but not in DC. weird, right ?
ReplyDeleteI'll never purchase anything but a Toyota.
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