*headdesk*

"CB" (jrcb) 03/14/2015 at 23:10 • Filed to: School

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Writing a report on the Canadian automotive industry and how there are no Canadian automotive brands (except for a few niche producers) is going to drive me insane. At least there are a few bits of gold:

"The image is not quite up to date as there is no longer a Pontiac Torrent, for example—or any Pontiac for that matter."

For those more interested in the topic, I'm writing about how the Canadian automotive industry failed to develop on its own and instead became heavily reliant on American brands, and how that relates to Canadian sociology and identity. Make any sense? Yeah, me neither.

Anyone have anything good that would be worth checking out? I'm already looking at the Auto Pact and Nafta, as well as earlier developments. For example, did you know that Imperial Preference, a policy set up by Laurier, meant that Canada had preference when it came to exporting goods to other imperial countries, which resulted by American companies setting up Canadian operations in order to get around it, and by proxy made the Canadian market heavily reliant on export up until the 1960s? Cool stuff.

whoarder is tellurium > CB 03/14/2015 at 23:17

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Done anything on the history Brampton and Windsor Assembly?

Making some of murica's best performing cars... and worst performing.

ly2v8-Brian > CB 03/14/2015 at 23:45

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American manufacturers have been selling and making in Canada from the get go. The American auto industry is the Canadian auto industry. As in the two are interconnected.

Boxer_4 > CB 03/15/2015 at 00:13

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I believe Ford of Canada is an example of Imperial Preference, as described. They were founded as a separate entity from Ford USA, and had the rights to sell Fords in all British Empire countries except for Great Britain and Ireland.

They also had some of their own unique models (Mecury M-Series, for example), too.

CB > Boxer_4 03/15/2015 at 00:17

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I'll definitely take a look into that. Thanks!

Bad72AMX > CB 03/15/2015 at 00:39

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That Imperial Preference law had all sorts of interesting effects. GM made lots of unique models there, like the Beaumont which was half Chevy, half Pontiac and assembled locally. Ford had Mercury badged pickups. Chrysler built Fargo badged pickups. Studebaker actually built cars in Canada a year or so after they shuttered South Bend as well.

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > CB 03/15/2015 at 10:20

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For the very longest time, Jeeps were built in Brampton, Ontario and imported back into the U.S. for sale.