or pontiac or oldsmobile or plymouth...

someone would have - i just threw a few names out there- there were plenty of buyers of the assets had they become available - especially as the union and pension issues could have been rinsed out. They weren’t and now - no surprise - the dinosaurs like oshawa and and the CAW are still going extinct.

The plants have been there since the dawning of the auto industry. Cars were made by several Canadian makers who over time were aquired by one or the other of the big three. The Auto pact was drawn up in 1965 to portect those plants from closure.

and thus the canada US free trade agreement would be breached and CDA would have to pay tens of billions in penalties or see the agreement end - an agreement that cda needs far more than the US does.

No sure about that - the GM workers are very well paid.

I listed the reasons elsewhere on this thread. But it should be noted that concessions - tax breaks, grants etc from the provincial and federal government over the years have played a role.

or not. from the ashes of GM could have come new entrants (google? Apple? some one else) with better corporate culture and a far lower cost structure.

Bricklin was a massively subsidized sham.

Car manufacturing wasn’t because of globalization. It was trade protectionism on the part of Canada - guaranteeing American auto companies preferred market access in exchange for manufacturing facilities remaining in CDA.

Compare that to other manufacturing hubs - Ontario ranks last with the exception of Texas on the supply side - texas wins handily vs Ontario on the market side.

Ontario may be the hardest place to run a manufacturing business in North America:

I think by “wires” he means cables. Many shifters aren't directly connected to the trans - particularly FWD - so resting your hand on the stick is not a problem unless you are putting side to side or front to back pressure on the lever.

I always thought someone should arrange their v-12 exhausts like they did on the spitfire:

judt yesterday there was a jalop post on the disappearance of the land yacht. And now today a post on bloat. Both are accurate, just an interesting juxtaposition...

Ramping up incentives, super low finance rates, relaxed credit generally.

The (refundable) deposits on the tesla prove nothing about the interest in “affordable” Evs. Let’s see the real proof or more likely the lack of it when they actually go on sale if they do.

The ‘98 was an exception.

Things were pretty good over at Chrysler IMO.

Assembled in Canada. You could say that about a lot of cars from the big three back in the day.

The current 300 wheelbase is 120 inches. In that regard it is very comparable to the land yachts of old where most were about that length with a few stretching to 124 inches.