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Originally Posted by 4X4

Seriously, how many GM dealers can you think of off the top of your head in Calgary?

the one in douglasdale, the one at mcleod and 78th, jack carter (which may be the one in douglasdale), the one by the greyhound station, the two in northland mall, the one or two in the auto mall, there's sure to be one in the NE... And Toyota dealers? Um, Heninger, charlesglen, the one by the airport, the one at fish creek... There may be a couple more, but there's certainly less than there are GM dealers and Toyota is the biggest auto company in the world. So... What's up?

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/529734

Probably because GM sells almost twice the number of vehicles in Canada then does Toyota, a over 1/5th of the total cars sold in Canada in 2008.

...combined sales of its Toyota- and Lexus-branded cars and trucks were ahead 9.4 per cent to 15,843 units from 14,484 in October 2007.
"Toyota came in at second place again this month and now are building a strong lead year-to-date over both Ford and Chrysler for the No. 2 spot," DesRosiers said.
"This would be a first. Chrysler on rare occasions have beaten Ford for the No. 2 position but never has an import nameplate OEM come in second in the Canadian market."
Chrysler's Canadian sales rose 1.5 per cent in October while Honda Canada sales of Honda and Acura-branded vehicles increased by about 0.7 per cent.
In contrast to Toyota's numbers, General Motors' industry-leading volume (including the Saab brand) was nearly twice as big at 28,220 vehicles sold in Canada in October, but that was down 6.1 per cent from a year earlier. GM's share of the Canadian market for the first 10 months of 2008 was 21.9 per cent.