Vehicle Production Canada By Make : 2013

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North American car production is rising, in Mexico and the USA that is. Not so north of the 49th parallel. The cost of making cars is high there, especially compared to Mexico. For that reason, Mexico is gaining more car plants, while Canada isn't. The US is also doing well attracting vehicle assembly investment.

It seems the best Canada can hope for is to retain what it has. The challenge for many higher wage car making countries is getting anyone to invest there. Car plants near the market they are selling in is a cost advantage, but that can be more than negated by worker associated expense.

Car
12	13			Share	+/-
1	1	GM	297,853	30.9%	-6.8%
3	2	Chrysler	241,824	25.1%	1.4%
4	3	Honda	215,048	22.3%	-5.0%
2	4	Toyota	207,570	21.5%	-18.3%
5	5	Lancia	2,896	0.3%	61.2%
		Total	965,191		-7.2
Utility
12	13			Share	+/-
1	1	GM	328,694	13.8%	-9.6%
2	2	Chrysler	326,877	13.7%	-5.5%
3	3	Toyota	297,765	12.5%	12.3%
4	4	Ford	258,358	10.8%	1.0%
5	5	Honda	193,076	8.1%	5.2%
6	6	Paccar Truck?	9,845	0.4%	5.9%
7	7	VW Truck	7,829	0.3%	-14.7%
		Total	1,422,444		-0.7
		Grand Total	2,387,635		-3.4