"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
10/22/2015 at 18:03 • Filed to: Canada, Statistics
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"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
10/22/2015 at 18:03 • Filed to: Canada, Statistics | 3
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Having done various bits of Europe, let’s spread our wings a little and see what’s hot and what’s not in Canadian car sales.
Canada, if you live on my side of the Atlantic, is a faraway land of which we know little except that it’s a nicer version of the US and that snow is very much a thing.
Canada, according to a few minutes of research into stereotypes, is a country of poutine (no, not !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , mounted police, ice hockey, maple syrup and French with a very odd accent. The poutine/Poutine thing gives endless scope for confusion in French.
-Eh, Michel, qu’est-ce que tu penses de poutine?
-Poutine? Un mégalomane et un homme dangereux!
-Non, non. Pas l’imbécile. Le plat.
-Oh, ça poutine. Je la déteste également.
So let’s carry on and see what the Canadians and Canadien(ne)s buy. Do they like obscure (to me) Americana like Buicks and Chevrolets? Do the Canadien(ne)s get the chance to buy Renaults and Peugeots? Is that mysterious question to which the answer is Subaru asked? Do all the police ride horses and wear red jackets? Kind of, non, sometimes and no.
So here we go:
Honda Civic
Hyundai Elantra
Toyota Corolla
Chevrolet Cruze
Mazda 3
Focus
VW Jetta
Toyota Camry
Golf
Nissan Sentra
The surprise is that there are no Yank Tanks and indeed no specifically American cars at all unless you count the Toyota. Four of them even look just like the ones I could buy (the Focus, the Mazda and the two VWs) except with one pedal fewer and with spark plugs.
The other takeaway is that these are car sales and the Canadians buy vast numbers of specifically North American pickups.
Subaru have a market share of 2.4% which is ten to twenty times what do they do in most countries in Europe while Honda remain an answer to a North American question and are the third best selling make.
So there we have it. A country both familar and alien.
Have some poutine which somewhat disappointingly is just chips, gravy and lumps of cheese cheese curds (but they still look like lumps of cheese).
Have also a Poutine who sadly is more than just chips and additions.
CB
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 18:06 |
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Oi, they’re cheese curds , not just lumps of cheese!
/is planning on having poutine for lunch tomorrow
bob and john
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 18:12 |
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...your insulting poutine.
get. out.
itschrome
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 18:13 |
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and yet when ever I’m on 90/81 and traffic is blocked by a slow moving douche nozzle it’s always some canuck in a over sized ford pick up..
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Cé hé sin
> CB
10/22/2015 at 18:13 |
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(Googles cheese curds)
They sound much like lumps of cheese if you read the Wiki entry. Never heard of them before.
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CB
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 18:15 |
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Not a fan of the curds on their own, but they’re pretty great in poutine. Remember, if they don’t squeak, they’re no good.
Brian, The Life of
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 18:32 |
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Poutine proves the power of synergy; separately the ingredients are ok, together they are MAGIC!
Jarrett - [BRZ Boi]
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 18:34 |
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One takeaway that I got from driving down to Buffalo is that I saw 1 Mazda the entire trip.
It was mine.
Us Canadians love them though :D
Svend
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 18:35 |
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“familiar and alien”
so:-
English and French?
Joking.
TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
> bob and john
10/22/2015 at 18:37 |
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Get the pitchforks, bring me my flying murderin bears, bring me my weaponized atomic beavers and 5 gallons of the finest maple syrup.
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Cé hé sin
> Svend
10/22/2015 at 18:38 |
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No.
Canadian English and Canadian French are both alien.....actually, the English is alien. The French is just weird!
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Svend
> CB
10/22/2015 at 18:38 |
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In the U.K. we use grated cheddar cheese and we simply call it ‘chips, cheese and gravy’ and great when you’ve been out on the town knocking back a few pints.
TheNeonDriver - Now with More BMW!
> itschrome
10/22/2015 at 18:39 |
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We apologize for our slow douchey pickup truck brethren.
There are so many of them in Alberta. So many.
And Northern Ontario. So loud, so slow, so douche.
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bob and john
> TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
10/22/2015 at 18:40 |
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the atomic moose have already been dispatched sir. they should be on site within 24 hours.
the Support geese are also moving into position.
V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
> bob and john
10/22/2015 at 18:59 |
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My favorite burger joint has a poutine with bacon, chives and onions mixed in, with actual cheese curds on top as well. I’m pretty sure it lowed life expectancy noticeably
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bob and john
> V12 Jake- Hittin' Switches
10/22/2015 at 19:04 |
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yep. ive had that, with pulled pork on top as well.
life expectancy and non-clogged arteries be damed, it. was. AMAZING
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TheVancen- In Pursuit of a Greater Payday and Car Parts
> bob and john
10/22/2015 at 19:33 |
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desertdog5051
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 19:40 |
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I’m glad you included the trucks. Those Canucks buy them just as much as Americans. Now, get back in your Skoda or Peugeot or whatever you came in and go back home. :)
FazeRacer
> Cé hé sin
10/22/2015 at 19:52 |
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How dare you compare the work of gods to lumps of cheese?!?!?
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Cé hé sin
> desertdog5051
10/23/2015 at 04:51 |
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FTO.
Given the choice I’ll stick with it, thanks
Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
> Cé hé sin
10/23/2015 at 08:28 |
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To this, add maple syrup and bacon bits. mmmmmmmmmheartattackinabowl.