hevrolet and Pontiac were selling the Chevelle and LeMans respectively in Canada at the same time that the Beaumont was being produced. The reason was Canada had certain tax laws at the time regarding car companies needing to offer Canadian model cars. GM solved that by producing the Beaumont (and the Chevy II/Nova derived Acadian and Canso), even though those cars were actually built in the US on the same assembly lines as the American models and imported exclusively for Canada - I think they found a loophole. Both the Acadian and Beaumont ended when the tax laws were amended, after the car companies invested more in producing cars within Canada. GM would revive the Acadian name in the 70s when they introduced the Pontiac sister car version of the Chevette. It's the same reason why Ford had a Mercury truck division (just rebadged Ford trucks and vans, with Mercury even calling the van the Econoline), and Chrysler had a Fargo truck division (sold at Plymouth dealers). No taking away from the Beaumont, though - it was a very striking looking car. And it was very popular as a mod platform for teen hot rodders in the seventies.