Add in dozens of suppliers tied to them that are failing, and it's pretty ugly. |
Canada was quite kind to the environment last year, with the fastest-growing segments entry-level products. High gas prices took a while, but they eventually resulted in a decided shift to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. |
Canada's getting its fair share of the upside and the downside. |
Diesel is hot. Diesel is one of the fastest growing segments in the Canadian vehicle market. |
He's very high profile, very controversial. He speaks well to social policy agenda items. |
Incentives devalue your product and confuse consumers and they create as many negatives as positives. Whether they stay off it this year is going to be a case of discipline. |
It is dangerous for GM to give the CAW what they want and then ask for the UAW to accept serious concessions. |
It is dangerous for GM to give the CAW what they want and then ask for the UAW to accept serious concessions. |
It was an incredibly good year; surprisingly good. |
It's a very limited market. |
The demographic shift to older, wealthier consumers is also driving strong growth in the luxury segments, especially entry-level luxury products. |
There is going to be lineup a mile long a mile wide for this plant. The winner will be the jurisdiction that will pay for it, pure and simple. |
This is the first time since I started monitoring sales by model in 1978 that a passenger car has come even close to being the most popular vehicle in Canada. |
We do not know if St. Thomas is on the list. Probably not. But who knows? |