Report: Ford to pay bonuses and raises, GM and Chrysler decline to do same

Filed under: Chrysler, Ford, Earnings/Financials, Canada

Ford has announced that it will give both bonuses and merit-based raises to the company’s salaried workers in the United States and Canada for the first time since 2008, according to Reuters. On average, the manufacturer will offer a 2.7 percent salary increase based on individual performance. The company stopped [...]

Report: Crashed Ferrari Enzo to lead 20-car return to Targa Newfoundland [w/video]

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Ferrari, Canada

Newfoundland is a bit of a funny place. It’s the easternmost point of the North American continent, has its own half time zone, was the last province to join Canadian confederation (having existed as a British colony until 1949) and has its own linguistic dialects. It’s also the kind of [...]

Report: Canada lagging behind U.S. auto recovery

Filed under: Government/Legal, Chrysler, Ford, GM, UAW/Unions, Canada

The Detroit Three are in much better financial shape than three years ago. General Motors and Ford are now profitable, and Chrysler appears poised to begin making real money soon. That success has lead to plans to spend billions of dollars on North American plants, but Automotive News [...]

Report: First Chinese car imported to North America built by… Honda?

Filed under: Budget, China, Japan, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Honda, Canada

The very first production car from China has made it to North America, though it’s not what you might think. In an effort to move more of its production out of Japan, Honda has begun manufacturing Fit models in the People’s Republic and importing them to Canada. [...]

Official: GM commits another $68M to Oshawa to build Impala

Filed under: Sedan, Plants/Manufacturing, Chevrolet, Canada

General Motors has announced that it will invest an additional $68 million into the company’s Oshawa assembly plant to produce the next-generation Chevrolet Impala. Those funds are on top of over $100 million headed toward the facility to help launch production of the Cadillac XTS in the plant. The Impala [...]