The Concept Car Fiat Panda CO2 is shown during the press day at the 78th Geneva International Motor Show, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Geneva, Switzerland. Several models of the Panda have been top sellers in Europe.
AP Photo / Keystone, Sandro Campardo
India-based Mahindra and Mahindra Limited specializes in sport utility vehicles, and hopes to start selling diesel trucks in North America sometime this year. But for now, unless Canadians travel to Mumbai, they probably won't see many SUVs like the Scorpio.
Mahindra
One of Europe’s best-selling cars of 2009 was the Peugeot 207. Here, a 207 SW Sport Pack car is seen as a World Premiere at the Brno International Motor Show in Brno, Czech Republic, on Thursday, June 7, 2007.
AP Photo / CTK, Igor Sefr
Shenzhen-based BYD Auto makes some of the most popular domestic cars in China. Here, Chu Maoming, deputy Consul General of China, speaks in front of a BYD e6 during the North American International Auto Show on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010, in Detroit.
AP Photo / Carlos Osorio
When Canadians think of German cars, BMW, Audi and Mercedes-Benz may spring to mind. But another German company, Opel, makes some of the best-selling models in Europe. Here, the 2007 Opel Corsa OPC is introduced at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, March 6, 2007 in Geneva, Switzerland.
AP Photo / Axel Wierdemann
India’s economy is becoming a major force in the world, and Mumbai-based Tata Motors has become one of its success stories. It’s already one of the top 20 car manufacturers in the world. The Tata Indica Vista EV is shown here at the 79th Geneva International Motor Show, Wednesday, March 4, 2009, in Geneva, Switzerland.
AP Photo / Keystone, Martial Trezzini
The Czech Republic’s Skoda Auto has been around for more than 100 years, and made some of the first motorcycles in the world. But you may not see any of the company’s cars in Canada. Here, Skoda Auto Member of the Board Reinhard Fleger, left, and Skoda Auto India Member of the Board Thomas Kuehl unveil the newly launched SUV Yeti at the 10th Auto Expo in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2010.
AP Photo / Gurinder Osan
Models pose next to a China's Chery QQ car at the Shanghai International Auto Show on its opening day, Monday, April 20, 2009 in Shanghai, China. GM sued QQ over the car, saying it was a rip-off of its Chevy Spark, but the case was settled out of court
AP Photo / Eugene Hoshiko
The Samand, the ‘national car of Iran,’ is made by the Iranian company IKCO. It’s sold in more than a dozen countries around the world, but not Canada or the United States. The name of the car comes from the Persian word for a breed of fast horse.
IKCO
The Lada Priora is made by Russian car company AvtoVAZ, and it’s the top-selling domestic model in the country -- 99,473 units were sold in 2009.
AvtoVAZ
One person dead after overnight fire that destroyed a home in Kincardine, Ont.