Canada’s auto market closed 2025 with modest headline growth - but beneath the surface, the year-end numbers from British Columbia and across the country point to a market increasingly shaped by policy shifts, affordability pressures, and growing consumer hesitation.
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The calendar may have turned a page to 2026, but we remain in a time of uncertainty and rising costs when it comes to the auto industry. Amid this uncertainty, Canadians are still looking to purchase new vehicles, although there may have different criteria than before.
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The federal government has reached a trade agreement that will allow Chinese-manufactured electric vehicles into the Canadian marketplace, adding a new competitive dynamic to an already complex automotive market.
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Each December, as B.C. residents celebrate the holidays and travel winter roads, police ramp up their critical CounterAttack impaired-driving campaign—a mission highlighted again during the 2025 Christmas and Winter campaign.
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British Columbia enters 2026 at a crossroads for the entire vehicle market.
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As we look back on 2025, one reality stands above all: British Columbia’s new-car sector faced a perfect storm of pressures that converged more sharply than at any point in recent memory.
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Car lovers are passionate, detail-oriented, and often already have the basics covered. But the good news is that there are plenty of thoughtful, practical, and affordable automotive-themed gifts that fit almost any budget and every type of driver.
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Transportation is at a crossroads in B.C.—and recent Chamber forums brought business leaders, policymakers, and industry experts together to discuss affordability, system pressures, and the future of mobility across the province.
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BC’s CounterAttack Begins Next Week. Impaired driving enforcement ramps up across BC – a critical reminder for all of us.
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For many parents and grandparents, buying a car used to be a predictable ritual. But that world has changed, and nowhere is that shift more apparent than with today’s younger car buyers.
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With the holiday season soon to be in full swing, gift buying, late-night shopping and package deliveries will ramp up across B.C. Unfortunately, the holidays also bring a predictable spike in crime of opportunity.
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Buying a vehicle in B.C. today looks nothing like it did a decade ago — and it’s about to change even more.
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