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    ‘U.S. trade policy is damaging the U.S. auto industry’: Canada’s purchase of American cars hits new low as Trump’s tariffs backfire on U.S. automakers


    ‘U.S. trade policy is damaging the U.S. auto industry’: Canada’s purchase of American cars hits new low as Trump’s tariffs backfire on U.S. automakers

    https://fortune.com/2026/09/25/canada-purchase-american-cars-decreasing-tariffs-backfire-us-automakers/

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    4. Link_Chomofsky on

      No kidding, insert shocked face..

      When i had to buy a new car last Nov there was zero chance I was buying anything that came from the states. Went with a nicely built Japanese Mazda! F the states.

    6. Coramoor_ on

      Shocking that a consumer market will pay slightly more attention to the source of their cars when you start threatening them nonstop

    10. Ambitious-Rub7402 on

      Maybe they shouldn’t have sucked up to him in the beginning. The man had been a proven liar is entire life.

    11. JG98 on

      In other words, Americans are finding out that most Canadians have spines.

      Canadians are not pushovers like them. Canadians, for the most part, also know true patriotism rather than performative posturing.

    12. DeadEndStreets on

      I mean it doesn’t help that they’re all shit tier and they got rid of most of their reasonable sedan/smaller vehicle options. No more Fusion, Fiesta or Focus.

      You couldn’t pay me to drive a Ford, Stellantis, or GM vehicle. The Japanese OEMs demolish them and it’s not even close lol.

    15. Few-Character7932 on

      The fact that 35.4% of new vehicles bought were American just shows how many stupid consumers there are. You want a reliable car? Buy Japanese. You want a cheap car that isn’t totally shit? Buy Korean. You want luxury? Buy German or Italian. American cars are not good for anything. 

    18. AdThese2158 on

      I’ll never trust anything American made again. Safety legislation has been replaced with thoughts and prayers down there. 

    19. CommodoreCanadia64 on

      Both my gf and I bought new cars this year. I got a 26 ionic 5. And she got a 25 elantra N. Both made in Korea.

      Love our Hyundais

      Edit: I work for Ford but won’t buy one.

    22. Necessary-Carrot2839 on

      I just recently purchased a new non-American car partly because of Chump’s temper tantrums towards Canada

    23. fieryone4 on

      I will never buy a car made by an american company again, i will look at the asian or european companies.

    24. BigBaldSofty on

      We’re ranked 38th by population but 8th by number of cars purchased annually. We buy a lot of damn cars relative to our population.

    25. gordonjames62 on

      Why would anyone want to buy “Made in USA” when their erratic policies may make it expensive or impossible to get parts for repairs in the future.

      * My next vehicle will have me asking questions about supply chain because any connection with USA is now a problem.

      * My next vehicle will likely be a full electric (or at leash hybrid) because USA is teaching me not to depend on gas prices to stay reasonable. Funny thing that they are making ICE vehicles less attractive than EV vehicles at the same time USA manufacturing is failing to produce decent EVs

      who knew their policies would so quickly bite them on the butt.

    26. Ok-Signal-4125 on

      Can’t wait for BYD to come to Canada and be done with these blackmailing. In fact Canada needs to have its own vehicle brand