Well put, I agree. For me it is inexpensive little ‘city cars’ that I’d like to see more of, like the BYD Dolphin Surf hatchback.

Tough to get through that page with so many ads, but it didn’t seem to answer an important distinction:

Does this mean “Canadians are willing to buy cars manufactured in China by companies that already operate in Canada, like Volvo / Polestar, Mini, and GM.”

Or does it mean “Canadians are willing to buy cars by Chinese companies that don’t yet have a footprint in Canada yet, like BYD or Chery or Zeekr.”

Well, I’ve got bad news then, as Chinese-made vehicles now make up nearly 1 in 5 cars sold in Mexico and includes brands like BYD, Changan and MG as well as cars manufactured in China by Ford and General Motors.

As much as I like driving, I agree 100% that I’d prefer taking away a lane for public transit priority, or requiring all new highway development include space for potential train lines.

That is an excellent link, something we all need to consider with any major purchase. Not to excuse Chinese manufacturers, but interesting to consider what goes into our ‘European’ or ‘North American’ cars, too:

At least 30 major car manufacturers are potentially implicated – including heavyweights in electric vehicles like Tesla and BYD. Even supply chains for quintessentially European brands are tainted. From touchscreens to engines, car parts made by coerced workers in Hubei, Shandong and other manufacturing hubs across China have ended up in some of the world’s most famous car brands: Mercedes, BMW, Volvo and Citroen.

That is more than reasonable! Hopefully BYD etc… will learn from their mistakes in Australia - and provide better after-sales-service here in Canada. The article says they’ve sold 85,000 vehicles in Australia, so Canada won’t be that big a market in the first few years though.

The top of my list is the 2026 BYD Seal - AWD version which looks the most interesting to me: https://wholemap.com/cars/video/byd-seal-2026-compared-to-teslas-model3

Watching people do the Indepen-Dance is never pretty. Never.

Are there any vehicles ‘really made’ in any single country? For instance, I don’t think there are any cars 100% made in the US. Assembled in the US of course, but my understanding is the parts come from around the world - the Corvette is the first example that comes up in a search - assembled at the Bowling Green, Kentucky plant, using a combination of domestic and international parts. Roughly 40-41% of parts for the 2025 C8 originate from the U.S. and Canada, while approximately 31-32% are sourced from Mexico…