the auto manufacturing chain is so intertwined in NA that I'm not even sure it's worth trying to figure out what vehicle is the most or least Canadian

I think what's far more effective is to just consume less - don't buy the big top trim crossover or truck that you don't need. keep it simple.

to be fair, I've never actually looked at the numbers myself, but it still makes me laugh whenever people say "oh but it was assembled in ____". like, sure, but where did all the parts come from? the sheer scale of the automotive industry is incredible. millions and millions of dollars go into production lines for just one component that gets used on a platform that's shared by several brands, and the people involved in making and running those production lines are all across Canada and the US and Mexico, often with plants in more than one country that make the same part.

[–] fort_burp@feddit.nl 1 points 6 days ago

Yea, and making a car is done in the most wasteful and inefficient (i.e. most profitable for certain people) way by like, shipping the components for the steering wheel to Guatemala, having them put the airbag in there and then shipping the assembled steering wheel to Mexico to have it be put on the steering column, then shipped to wherever the car is finally assembled, then shipped to where it is sold.