JUST IN: Detroit Shrinks In Canada, Toyota DOUBLES DOWN With 1.1 Billion Dollars

🚗 Detroit is shrinking in Canada — but Toyota just bet $1.1 BILLION on Ontario. And the reason why should worry Washington. While GM, Ford and Stellantis cut shifts and idle plants under Trump's tariffs, Japan's biggest automaker is running overtime, launching an all-new RAV4 and bringing a hybrid Lexus NX to Cambridge, Ontario. Toyota is now Canada's largest vehicle manufacturer. And one small number reveals exactly how it reads the next round of the trade war: 85 percent. 🔍 IN THIS VIDEO: 💰 Why Toyota invested $1.1B in its Canadian operations mid-tariff war 🏭 Detroit's retreat: Brampton, Oakville, Ingersoll, Oshawa and Windsor ⚖️ How Ottawa punished GM and Stellantis by cutting their tariff-free quotas 🇨🇳 Geely and the new Chinese EV pressure on Canada's auto market 📈 The 85% export number behind Toyota's billion-dollar bet 🌐 Variable geometry: how Canada is breaking its dependence on Detroit 📊 KEY FACTS: Toyota's Ontario plants built 537,518 vehicles last year — more than any automaker in Canada Toyota sold a record 249,445 vehicles in Canada in 2025, up 4.4% in a market that grew just 2.1% About 85% of vehicles from the Cambridge complex are exported, mostly to the U.S. Ottawa cut GM's tariff-free import quota by 24.2% and Stellantis's by half Canada's auto sector employs 125,000 Canadians directly and nearly 500,000 more indirectly Canadian vehicle production fell from ~3 million in 2000 to 1.3 million in 2024 White House threatens 50% auto tariffs if no deal is reached by January 1, 2027 ⏱️ CHAPTERS: 0:00 Toyota Bets Against The Tariffs 1:25 Inside Toyota's Ontario Plants 2:40 Record Sales In A Flat Market 3:40 Detroit's Retreat From Canada 5:00 Ottawa Strikes Back On Quotas 6:20 The China Factor 7:10 The 85 Percent Number 9:00 Beyond Detroit: Variable Geometry 10:10 What To Watch Next 🔗 SOURCES & RELATED: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada RAV4 Production Announcement Department of Finance Canada Remission Quota Changes for GM and Stellantis Unifor Statement on GM Oshawa Shift Cut The Japan Times: Toyota Commits to Making Cars in Canada 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for daily deep dives into Canada's economic rise, trade strategy, and what global capital is doing before it hits the headlines. 👇 Drop your thoughts below: Should Ottawa reward foreign automakers like Toyota — or fight to win Detroit back before it's too late? #Canada #Toyota #Lexus #AutoIndustry #CanadaEconomy #TradeWar #Tariffs #Ontario #MadeInCanada #GM #Stellantis #Ford #Honda #Geely #MarkCarney #Trump #CanadianManufacturing #CUSMA #CanadaNext #CanadaNews 📩 Business & inquiries: [email protected] Website: https://canadanext.blog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canadanextoffical/ X: https://x.com/canadanextt 📱 BIG NEWS: The CanadaNext app is here. The CanadaNext app gives you: 🗞️ Daily AI-powered briefs — Canada's top stories summarized in minutes Available now on iPhone & iPad. Free download. 👉 Get it here: https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/canada-next/id6760950245 Stay ahead of what's next for Canada.