Canadian countertariffs on U.S.-made vehicles are widely expected to raise new-car prices in Canada. In the first quarter of 2025, 41 per cent of vehicles sold in Canada came from the United States.
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The pair of unrelated April deals follow a series of others in what has been a busy start for Canada's buy-sell market in 2025.
The supplier's roughly $1.8-billion purchase of U.K.-based TI Fluid Systems will result in a new name for the combined company and a new global headquarters in the Detroit suburbs.
Honda Canada said approximately 69 per cent of all Honda vehicles sold in Canada are built in Canada, and 99 per cent of Honda vehicles sold in Canada are sourced from North American facilities.
The number of tariff-free vehicles a company is permitted to import will drop if there are reductions in Canadian production or investment.
Mazda sold 10,759 CX-50s in Canada last year, all of them built in Alabama. Production for Canada will be put on hold indefinitely May 12.
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The acquisition marks the Manitoba-based group's first move out-of-province.
Magna, one of the world's biggest auto parts suppliers, started operations in China in 1996 and now oversees more than 60 plants in the country, with the number of local employees topping 30,000.
Canada’s retaliatory tariffs were announced after the Trump administration went ahead with tariffs on foreign-made cars and trucks.
A chart showing where all new vehicles sold in Canada are built
