Revealed: the ten most exported cars from the UK to the USA in 2022

A British staple for generations, the much-loved and venerable Defender – the boxy, older one – remains the most popular car exported from the UK to the States in 2022. Indeed, Hagerty data shows a 37 per cent increase since 2021 of UK exports.

Interestingly, the MkIV Supra, now undergoing a renaissance following the reveal of the A90, was the second most popular car exported to the US. Cue the ‘overnight parts from Japan’ line…

Yup, the MkIII. Not the V, nor the VII, but the humble MkIII. Despite being a very difficult follow-up to perhaps one of the greatest VW Golfs built, this one’s proved to be a strangely popular export from the UK to the US in 2022.

Surely this doesn’t need any explanation.

Nor this, considering it’s a bit of a modern classic already.

A stone-cold British classic. Next on the import list: a Honda VTEC engine swap…

A lightweight Japanese roadster with its engine in the middle and drive to the rear sounds like the perfect recipe, and those exports are probably living their best lives over in the States.

The old 964s are being snapped up from British shores by US buyers hungry for its ageless charm and fantastic powertrain/chassis combo. Somebody call Singer…

Wait, what now?

And why not? Americans have voted with their wallets that the Scoob’s a classic, seeing as it “helps to feed the extraordinary US demand for 25-year-and-more Japanese cars” according to Hagerty UK price guide editor John Mayhead.