American market recovers. - Unlike the European market, the American automobile market recovered its route to growth. According to the latest figures from the Center for Automotive Research (CAR), sales of vehicles in the United States (cars and trucks) increased by 13.4% to 14.5 million units in 2012. This is the highest level for five years (16 million units in 2007). It was a surprise for the specialists who were indeed expecting growth but of a single figure at the start of the year....