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Canadians Dominate the Auto Industry

Canadians dominate the auto industry – but we’re pretty quiet about it – which is why this week I’d like to do some bragging, politely.

I’m singling out Nissan, BMW, GM, Chrysler, Ford and Toyota, then the auto journalists too.

Read it online at Autonet.

Favourite line:

The ending – last 3 paragraphs:

And then there’s the Canadian auto journalists – and I think this is indicative of our culture – we are consistently booked into one of two waves… 

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Manual VS Automatic Sales

Chart of sadness.

These stats are from JD Power & Associates – an official auto marketing research, and stats tracking company. So, sadly these numbers are correct.

I don’t get it – manual is more fun, more control, makes you a more alert driver, and they’re cheaper to buy.

Wrote a “how to shift gears” column, here. So easy guys; really, you could train a monkey.

(it’s a Fiat gear shift)