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General Motors is 100 years in Canada, starting as a partnership with Sam McLauglin in Oshawa, Ontario car manufacturer began producing cars in 1908 in collaboration with Buick, and cars were known as McLaughlin-Buick s.
While GM has grown in the United States and William Durant assembled his empire, Canadian version of the cars began to appear in the Chevrolet domestic manufacturing facilities began in Canada in 1915 was linked to McLaughlin when he became part of GM 1918 in 1920 Oldsmobiles construction in Canada are ongoing, and Pontiacs were first built in Oshawa in 1926, GM Canada Cadillacs built from 1923 to 1936 and from 1927 to 1935 Lasalles.
In 1930, apart from Oshawa, Ontario, GM had factories in St Catharines, Ontario, an engine plant in Walkerville, Ontario and an assembly plant in Regina, Saskatchewan, the only company linked to auto-western Ontario of the five divisions GM, Pontiac had more in Canada than the versions it was the same as US President from 1926 until 1937, when the model 224 was introduced with a Chevrolet engine inch 224 cubic in 1938, special models of Pontiac and luxury were based on a Chevrolet Pontiac final treatment with front wings and cars were called Arrow and Arrow luxury, and in 1941 the Fleetleader and Fleetleader Deluxe names were used.
A Canada only truck-based Chevy was produced in 1930 and 1940, with the most patriotic names, Maple Leaf.
Pontiac was a big seller in Canada, with about 30 percent of GM's sales at this time the cars remained the same after the Second World War, but the expensive models such as convertibles and station wagons were imported from the US as cars with GM's new automatic transmission Hydramatic.
When a completely new range was introduced in 1949, were still under the body Pontiacs Chevrolets, and sales rose to third place in Canada.
In 1953, Pontiac has received new names, the Pathfinder and Pathfinder Deluxe but the name of the Laurentians was passed to the top of the line hardtops.
When the 1955 Chevrolet was introduced a new V8 engine, Pontiac followed suit in the United States, but they were totally different vehicles with more wheelbases In Canada, the integrated construction method Pontiacs the wheelbase platform 115 inches and Chevrolet engines US cars had their own engine family, but Canadian Pontiacs used the new small block Chevy and bored 261 cubic-inch version of the Chevy Stovebolt Six.
Big changes in body style and the names came to Pontiac in 1958 While still based Chevy, the Oshawa-built cars were now available in three models with very low prices Strato Chief, Laurentian and the first Paris line.
In 1959, Pontiac introduced its famous mainline car track in the United States, but Canada has joined the now familiar Pontiac body on a Chevy GM implementation of Canada has built more than 73,000 Pontiacs in 1960 for model designations, Strato Chief, Laurentian Paris and the US counterparts were Catalina, Star Chief and Bonneville.
When car companies began to build small cars in the early 1960s, Pontiac countered with his storm, but this car was not available in Canada in 1963, Pontiac was the best selling car in Canada, and two years later, the millionth Pontiac was produced in Canada.
In 1968, Canadian Pontiacs were built with their own version of the big track, using one inch wider Chevy station wagon wheel track The Great Paris was introduced, a regular Parisian dressed with finishing elements of its Grand Prix of the United States and cousins Bonneville.
In 1971, the Canada-US Pact 1965 automobile installed, Pontiacs built between the two countries were virtually identical Laurentian, Catalina and Paris were built with two Chevy V8 engines, and most cars produced Canada with the Pontiac 400 and 455 engines went to the States.
In 1982, full-size Pontiacs were removed from production in the U S The model was now available Parisienne, which was based Chevy Caprice name Laurentian used for 28 years in Canada, was abandoned.
In 1973, Pontiac sold its only Canadian version of the subcompact car Chevy Vega, and when the Chevrolet Chevette was introduced two years later, Pontiac had its own version, the Acadian.
The Acadian name appeared in 1962 based on the Chevy II Pontiac in Canada This compact featured different upholstery, grille and trim work in the Chevy II and was available in the Invader series, Canso and Beaumont.
In 1964, the Beaumont name was given to the Pontiac version of the new Chevelle, which was built in Canada in all body styles, with Chevy engines throughout the 1960s to Oshawa started building Storms in 1970.
The names given to Canadian Pontiacs were very nationalistic, and in most cases, model names were of French origin The name Laurentian refers to the Paris Saint Lawrence River is feminine in nature, which means a girl or a woman in Paris the first french settlers in the Maritimes were known as the Acadians, and the course and waterway between Cape Breton and mainland Nova Scotia is called Canso There is a town called Beaumont in Quebec, while the Invader name means impinge on or enter with force.
Apart from Pontiac, the rest of the GM family has received little attention in Canada relative to its US counterparts While the Canadian built McLaughlin-Buick name was dropped in 1942, GM Canada has built a personalized single model from 1951 which was the entry level of the United States Buick Special outside the car were the same, but inside, a blend of Buick and Oldsmobile trim was used in 1966, the only Buick built in Canada was the Skylark model, then the St. Therese plant in Quebec Skylarks built until 1977, with most of these positions at the U S.
GM Canada Oldsmobiles built in Canada since 1920, but still low-end cars with imported engines Michigan Starfire was built next to the Buick Skyhawk in Sainte-Therese, from the late 1970s Plant Sainte-Thérèse, who has since been leveled, was the final production house of the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird in 2002.
Chevrolet was built in Canada in 1915, with only minor trim changes in US models Most of the higher priced models such as the Nomad 1955 to 1957 cars and 1958 Impala hardtops were imported from the United States Corvairs were produced in Canada from 1960 to 1966 All Chevy malibus, Chevelles models and full Chevrolet greatness were the same for both countries in the 1960s and 1970s, although the Biscayne model was removed to the United States in 1975 but kept in Canada until 'in 1977.
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