What Killed All of Canada's Car Brands?

Canada produced 2.4 MILLION cars last year, so why have we never heard of a purely Canadian Car Manufacturer? The thing is, there used to be Canadian car companies, but not anymore. What happened? And why doesn't Canada have a badge to call their own?

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[TheStraightPipes]

You're welcome for the Hellcats ❤️

[PrinceFlumph]

We have an extremely popular food brand called "no name", we don't have time to make brands...

[porsha_boy]

Can we all appreciate how they have a yellow progress bar for their sponsors

[austinn]

As someone from Ontario (literally like 10 mins away from where they make chargers/challengers), I can say first hand how cool it is to see an entire car hauler full of demons and hellcats

[tritanole]

Being Canadian, gas is getting so expensive I'm starting to consider converting my car to run off maple syrup

[mattbahan]

Did they really put a Cody Ko clip in there? I was so not ready for that

[Dfpijgytssgt]

It makes sense the chargers and challengers were made it Canada. They could just push those boats into the water and get them into the US very effectively.

[jonathanmendosa]

Donut forever goated for putting that yellow bars for their ads.

[RamosDominicano]

My biggest beef with Canadian car culture? The fact that they get all the badass JDM cars 10 years before us.

[JustAnotherHo]

I'm from Ontario. One of my friend use to work as a fabricator for Carbon Fiber parts on the Ford GT, he was very proud of his work.

[AlfredGag]

You should do an episode on Bombardier and BRP, probably the most iconic canadian transport compagny (Ski-doo, Sea-Doo Can-am, etc.).

[Daemeon]

Shoutout to our Canadian neighbors of the North 🍁👍

[averageforzaplayer]

At least Canada still has Terradyne Armored Vehicles

[Pascal_Robert--Rc_Creations]

0:04 as a canadian i feel bad seeing a poutine so poorly made. It just looks like a big mess of fake cheeze

[yveshku]

I learned today that one of my dream cars is actually Canadian. Well, I learned quite a lot about the automotive history here, but that is probably one of the facts that surprised me the most.

[mikefabbi]

I remember in my parents wrecking yard Beaumonts and Chevelles, Acadians and Nova's side by side. The two defining differences I noticed as a kid were heavier and more deluxe chrome on the Canadian models, probably because of our winters.

[MrBKelly]

Let's not forget Canada's best contribution to car culture: Tom Cochrane's "Life Is a Highway".

[thebigpicture]

I live in Canada and just got schooled on a Gretzky Tim Hortons coffee and that we have some car makers. I thought the last Canadian car was the Bricklin.

[StaufferGarage]

Prevost make probably the top of the line bus/coaches in that market and with almost every manufacturer having a plant in Canada, I’d say they make a good amount of stuff. Like you said for the most part, the USA and Canada car markets all blended into 1

[terrificspokesman]

There was also the Bricklin SV1. There is also MCI which is a Canadian bus company which is popular in Canada and the USA. The Ford Crown Victoria was also built in Canada.