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Originally Posted by Tinker
That's not true though. Even in America the Lincoln/Merc dealerships where separate. They did cross over here. But It had to do with trade. It had nothing to do about what you could afford. Ford is a big company that had many brands under them. Volvo was a ford car also. Just for patents. The general ford line was not used in Canada due to trade.
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This is correct. To make a long story short, post-war Canadian Protectionist laws prevented the import of American cars.