Among the cars in the article were:

Hyundai Pony:

Dacia:

Skoda:

Lada:

Innocenti:

I couldn't find any Canadian Dacia pictures online, which leads me to believe that they've all gone to the great beyond, separated from us by an Iron Curtain. A picture of the Skoda was nearly impossible to find as well, as was the Innocenti, but I managed to find both with Canadian plates.

So, 1) what other strange cars made it to the Great White North and 2) how many of them still exist?

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VadGTI: The best cars, in the worst shape™.

SchrickVR6: Canadians aren't real. They're like the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and Condoleeza Rice.

I believe you mean the Acura EL.

Also, IIRC the US didn't get the City Golf or Jetta.

Looks like a Yugo

Hyundai (less than) Stellar

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M3 Euro-Spec (Canadian Edition) In 1994 agreements existed between Canada and several countries in Europe which allowed any car authorized in one participating country to legally be sold in any of the others.[citation needed] Though BMW had unveiled the next generation E36 M3 in Europe in 1992, the company felt that the production version would need to be priced much higher for export to North America than the market would allow. While the engineers worked on a less expensive North American version of the E36 M3, BMW Canada seized the window of opportunity: 45 numbered European specification M3 coupes were specially produced and imported into Canada. Even with a base price of $59,900 (a substantial sum for the day given that the standard equipment list did not include forged lightweight wheels, air conditioning, a sunroof or even metallic paint), all 45 cars were spoken for in just 3 days. Unlike the other special versions of the E36 M3, buyers were free to choose any colors and options they wanted on their cars. The cars all came equipped with the 286 PS (210 kW; 282 hp) 3.0 L inline 6 cylinder engine, vented brakes with floating rotors, glass headlights and other European standard equipment. They were initially delivered to Toronto, then shipped all across the country to the dealerships where they were ordered. Canada would not see another E36 M3 for sale until two years later, when BMW finally made the American versions of the 1997 M3 available for sale. Forty five Euro-Spec Canadian Edition cars were built, each one having a numbered engraved plaque in both the glovebox and the custom leather case which holds the owners manuals. Only the Australian M3-R was built in lower numbers.

Modified by Avus at 12:48 PM 9-8-2009

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Most vaporized after the first or second winter anyway.

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you are the guy that started talking about your wang in the middle of a perfectly decent El Camino thread.

It's actually a Mini with a De Tomaso body:

Quote, originally posted by Slonie »

VadGTI: The best cars, in the worst shape™.

SchrickVR6: Canadians aren't real. They're like the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, and Condoleeza Rice.

I believe Canada also got the second-generation 5-door Hyundai Excel.

My Dad had a Lada Signet (sedan). was the biggest POS.

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W204 Mercedes C250 & C250 4Matic (not bluetec, just regular V6 gas)

C250 is new for '10, before that we had the C230.

We've also had various entry-level 3-series BMWs, including the E36 320i, E46 320i, and E90 323i.

Was the 2CV ever sold in the US? I believe it was sold in Canada right up until 1990, albeit in very small numbers.

2.8L VR6 11.5:1

For some reason, our SLK350 can be had with a manual. I don't think that is available in the US anymore.

City Golf:

City Jetta: (now discontinued)

We also got the T4 Transporter diesel in the mid-'90s.

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Nissan Pulsar GTiR

Nope but we can import those easily now.

2006 Jetta Votex 2.5 5MT (Drivers Gear springs, GOLF GT grill painted, Golf GT knob, Russian plate)
2007 Rabbit AUTO
2003 Jetta 1.8T Wagon

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My Dad had a Lada Signet (sedan). was the biggest POS.

Quote, originally posted by TigerinColorado »

It's like wiping your backside. Technically you really don't have to, but eventually it's gonna be an issue!

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Any idiot can poop on a windshield. It takes a super patient, super smart idiot to ruin someones life.

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Nissan Pulsar GTiR

NO!! Nissan canada NEVER sold LHD GTiR in Canada. (less then 1000 LHD GTiR produced and all sold in Europe) Only people IMPORT them after they reach the "14 years rule"

Chevrolet Epica:

These were rebadged Suzukis which themselves were rebadged Daewoos.

What made this special? My buddy has one just like that he got in TN. Everything is the same on the outside anyway. Also

And I hear they got this:

nope