why do canadians call american cars domestic?

Probably because there are no Canadian car companies, but most American companies build a huge amount of cars up there. Most car companies refer to this market as the "North American" market anyway.

Well, I have a "Windsor" engine in my car. That would refer to "Windsor" Ontario. The process of making cars around Detroit includes factories across the river, in Canada.

Domestic to North America.

It is not European
It is not Asian
It is American (Not the Country, The Continent)

tylers65 said:

Domestic to North America.

It is not European
It is not Asian
It is American (Not the Country, The Continent)

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i wish mexico made cars... then we'd be calling their cars domestic

oh wait... there are a ton of VW's and AUDI's made in Mexico... so they are domestic too?

As I know it we up here refer to Domestics as home grown North American cars. Like some of you said built in the U.S.A or Canada.

We also refer to to other countries cars outside of North America as Imports.

That is the only reason. Now some will say Toyotas are built in Canada, that is right but when the term arrived there were none built they were all overseas.

I guess the easy way is the big three GM, Ford and Chrysler are domestic and all others are imports. Savey.

My 2003 Denali was made in Mexico! GM and Ford have plants there.

Dan

tarch said:

so toyotas are domestic too?

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I would say they are not because the profits go to corporations that were chartered outside the USA and North America. BMW's are made here too, but we supply only the cheap labor for the Germans. But this issue becomes an exercise in definitions.

United States of Canada.