Keith Nuthall

Auto-industry associations have called for direct European Union funding of “national renewal schemes” aiding auto sector recovery. And the EU seems to be responding.

The proposal comes as the pandemic has knocked the stuffing out of the nation’s vehicle market.

European Union figures indicate much more can be done to make autos safer – with a report saying 25,300 people died on EU roads in 2017, a toll remaining largely constant since 2013.

Auto consultant Dennis DesRosiers thinks a combination of planned new launches, marketing dollars and the intrinsic desire of Canadian motorists to own a roomier vehicle will sustain light-truck segment growth.

For autos traded between the three USMCA countries to benefit from its low- or zero-duty provisions, 70% of all steel, aluminum and glass used must originate in North America.

The number of dealers targeting indigenous Canadians indicates it is a market worth tapping. However, cautions Ross McKenzie of the University of Waterloo’s Centre for Automotive Research, “The limitation of this...

While overall global value of Canadian automotive exports fell 3.1% last year (down $2.5 billion) – with sales to key trade partners the U.S. and Mexico declining – auto sales to the European Union were up 89.3% year...

There is concern within the Canadian auto sector that Ottawa was mulling a greener approach than U.S. federal rules by striking a cooperation agreement on emissions standards with California, whose regulations...