Show Me Canada-Only Cars

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg) 10/18/2016 at 12:49 • Filed to: None

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Just a little bit ago, I came across a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , a car not sold in the United States, right here in Iowa. The explanation for it being here is simple: it has Ontario plates, so someone drove it here from Canadialand, a feat which I would have no desire to replicate in that itsy-bitsy car. But it got me thinking, what other cars does Canada get that aren’t sold in the U.S.? I’m sure that some of you are already salivating at the opportunity to post Beaumonts and Meteors, but for this post, I want to see cars that are from the 2000s and up.

A Mercedes B-Class, commonly mistaken as a Canada-only car. We get it here, but only in electric form, and only like seven of them.

Nibby > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 12:53

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PotbellyJoe and 42 others > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:01

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OR-LAND-DO, I Love You!

CB > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:01

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Less than ten years?

Chevy Orlando.

I think the X-Trail might fall into that category? Although it’s a bit older.

Currently, the Mazda 5.

The Kia Rondo.

That’s all I’ve got for now.

PatBateman > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:02

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Shift24 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:03

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Orlando was talked about being brought over but never did.

Acura CSX (Acura civic)

bhtooefr > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:04

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Depending on the exact timing of the discontinuation, possibly the 2006 Smart ForTwo CDI?

CB > Shift24 10/18/2016 at 13:06

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See, when everyone in the States was like “what? An ILX? An Acura Civic? That’s crazy!”, everyone in Canada was just kind of going “oh, I suppose we’re getting a refresh and a rename, then”.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:06

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Chevrolet Optra

Chevrolet Epica

Chevrolet Orlando

Pontiac Wave

Acura CSX

Volkswagen Golf Wagon - HAHAHAHA

Volkswagen Transporter

BMW 320i

I just ruined somebody’s clickbait article.

TheHondaBro > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:08

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404 - User No Longer Available > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:09

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Pontiac Wave

Takuro Spirit > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:09

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Pontiac Firefly Turbo

It was like a Geo Metro, but turboer.

and 100 more > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/18/2016 at 13:12

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Your Chevy Optra was our Suzuki Forenza, apparently.

and 100 more > TheHondaBro 10/18/2016 at 13:12

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Great mileage on that moose. Hardly uses gas at all.

and 100 more > CB 10/18/2016 at 13:13

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We had a Rondo in the States for awhile.

CompactLuxuryFan > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/18/2016 at 13:15

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The US has been getting the 320i since the F30 gen.

CB > and 100 more 10/18/2016 at 13:16

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Not anymore! Same with the 5.

CompactLuxuryFan > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:17

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Wouldn’t really call those “Canada-only”. Are there any actually-Canada-only cars?

I know there’s an island on the northern Atlantic that has a Peugeot (and Citroën?) dealer. Dunno if that counts.

and 100 more > CB 10/18/2016 at 13:17

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Touché.

404 - User No Longer Available > CompactLuxuryFan 10/18/2016 at 13:18

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And still available with RWD and Manual, where it was dropped 2 MY ago.

404 - User No Longer Available > and 100 more 10/18/2016 at 13:18

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And Chevrolet Epica was the Suzuki Verona.

CompactLuxuryFan > CB 10/18/2016 at 13:21

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No way every X-trail is 10 years old already :O

I’m old, time flies :’-(

not for canada - australian in disguise > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:22

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I’m going to turn this on it’s head and post some cars that we DIDN’T get, but Americans did.

Scions made before 2010

Chevy SS

Pontiac GTO

Every Mercury after 1999

Mitsubishi Montero Sport

All of these, we didn’t get. However, the OG xB and Montero Sport are both quite popular in Canada as grey imports. Same with the GTO, and the SS probably will be once they depreciate. Nobody gives two shits about the Mercurys though, and just bought Lincolns and higher trimmed Fords instead.

CB > CompactLuxuryFan 10/18/2016 at 13:24

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Yup, it was sold in 2005 and 2006.

Textured Soy Protein > CompactLuxuryFan 10/18/2016 at 13:32

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The second gen X-Trail sold in Canada until 2010. The current one is the same as the Rogue we get here in the US.

. . > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 13:34

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vicali > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 14:03

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am I doing this right?

and 100 more > 404 - User No Longer Available 10/18/2016 at 14:05

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GM’s R&D team takes inspiration from the story of Jesus feeding 5,000 people with five loaves and two fish.

Let’s take one car, and serve as many markets as possible.

(Honestly, they’re all guilty of this.)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/18/2016 at 14:21

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I’m not ever sure what you’re doing.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Takuro Spirit 10/18/2016 at 14:22

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It’s an improvement I suppose.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > 404 - User No Longer Available 10/18/2016 at 14:22

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Looks like a chinese knockoff car.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > CompactLuxuryFan 10/18/2016 at 14:23

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I more meant cars that are available in Canada but not America. But yeah, back in the 50's-70's there were Canada-only cars.

404 - User No Longer Available > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 14:24

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These cars were the leftovers from the Korean Malaise Era, when both Kia and Hyundai moved forward. Also known as Daewoo.

Moves-Like-Senna > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 14:25

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Kia Rondo second gen - I love these, great for older generations as the seat is hip height for ‘em

Jonee > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 14:35

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I know they got TVR’s until the early 2000's-ish.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 15:05

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I’ll take that as a compliment.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 15:53

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All manner of Mercury trucks:

We were never so lucky in the US as to receive Mercury trucks.

vdub_nut: scooter snob > CompactLuxuryFan 10/18/2016 at 16:26

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St. Pierre and Miquelon, technically part of France, so not Canada. But there were a few Big Three rebadge-jobs that might count as “canada only” (Frontenac was one, maybe... Aspen?)

mazda616 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 17:40

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For some odd reason, GM sold the Chevy Corsica in Canada in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s as the “Pontiac Tempest.”

KusabiSensei - Captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 18:01

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Honestly the B-Class isn’t half bad. I had one as a rental in Europe. I would have been just fine with it as a commute car.

But electric only? Eh, nah. I’ll take the 1.8L turbodiesel 4 with 109 hp.

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 20:16

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!!! UNKNOWN CONTENT TYPE !!!

SE, GT (no model name... the sedan was just the ‘SE’, the hatch was just the ‘GT’), the Sunrunner and the Sunfire (before it the name was used on a rebadged Cavalier).

J_P_Cars10s > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/18/2016 at 22:16

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2015 and up Outback/Legacy with the 6MT

IanZ - limited-slip indifferential > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 10/19/2016 at 09:56

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Is it weird that I like the Chevy Orlando? Like, a lot?

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > IanZ - limited-slip indifferential 10/19/2016 at 09:59

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Probably.

That said, I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of room in them. I could actually fit in the back seats without cutting my legs off. I mean, I wouldn’t really want to be stuck back there, but there’s more room than I expected.

Which begs the question, it there’s that much room in an ORLANDO, why can’t they make some footroom for the rear passengers in a SUBURBAN???

RT > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/19/2016 at 17:12

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Best Fiesta until the ST.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RT 10/19/2016 at 17:13

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We get that in the states.

RT > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/19/2016 at 17:43

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Ah, I was thinking of the second gen…

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > RT 10/19/2016 at 17:44

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We don’t get that.