A $70,000 pickup can now be sidelined by one bad line of backup-camera code, and that says everything about where the auto industry is headed.

Today’s episode breaks down Ford’s 99.5% Canadian production collapse during Oakville retooling, Stellantis and LeapMotor’s Mexico-and-Canada EV workaround, Ram’s Hemi V8 comeback, a 28-million-vehicle recall wave, and why dealer consolidation is becoming a survival strategy.

Today's Key Headlines

~Ford’s Canadian production falls 99.5% to just 271 vehicles during Oakville retooling

~Stellantis holds a 51% stake in LeapMotor and eyes Mexico and Canada for assembly

~Ram brings back the Hemi V8 despite its newer Hurricane inline-six engine

~NHTSA recall volume reaches 447 mandates affecting more than 28 million vehicles

~Coleman Automotive Group buys McGrath Niss ...