| Thank you for reading and subscribing to the Drive newsletter. Many things have changed over the last year, and our readers' reading habits are just the least of them. Regretfully, we must change with it. We have made the difficult decision to suspend this newsletter to more effectively serve our readers. If you love Drive, you can continue to find all the same Drive content online and follow us on Instagram @GlobeDrive. You can also sign up for other Globe newsletters here. We hope to see you over there. – GlobeDrive | | | | | | | | | | | Jeremy sinek/The Globe and Mail | | As much as having “world cars” – built on common platforms for markets everywhere – makes economic sense, there is one big drawback: None is designed specifically for the extremes of Canada. | | The world car, in other words, will always be a compromise in a country that has logging roads, temperatures that plunge below -30 and pavement so cold in winter that salt can’t touch it. After all, it’s asking a lot of a vehicle equipped with an air conditioner beefy enough for a Phoenix summer to also have a heater brawny enough for a Whitehorse winter. |  | | | | Alex Kotlov/iStockPhoto / Getty Images | | Brendan McAleer/The Globe and Mail | More stories below advertisement | | | | Harley-Davidson/Courtesy of manufacturer | | XtockImages/iStockPhoto / Getty Images | | jeff giniewicz/Getty Images/iStockphoto | | |
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