Feb 25
Robert goes shopping for a “Town and Country!”
Well, we are pretty well sick of watching the Chrysler “Canadian Pricing” adds on TV, each time really not believing, thinking they were just like the others, Honda etc…
But I challenged myself to go shopping for a T & C. 
so we did our homework on the internet.
Canadian pricing was $44,495 less my “allowance” of $3350 giving $$41,145
2008-02-24townandcountrycanadapricing.pdf
2008-02-24townandcountrycanada.pdf
So we called a local Montreal dealer that we knew very well and he came up with a price of $42,150, it seems I wasn’t reading the add right. But the sale was on until the end of the Month. They might continue it! He warned me about the warranty issue, we would not be covered if we purchased in the U.S.
Note: It was so busy at one dealer they had me on hold for over ten minutes.
So then we did our thing with the US internet site and came up with a price of $39,315
2008-02-24townandcountryus.pdf
We called a dealer in Vermont, and they were too busy to talk, but assured us they would send us an e-mail with a quote and the best price.
STAY TUNED , but given Chryster’s track record for transmission problems and the fact they will not honor the warranty, we are leaning to the Canadian side. The difference after US dollar conversion ( at .99 plus another 1-2% to convert the $$ ) , appear to be less than $1000
Could it be that Chrysler is “truly” adopting fair pricing for Canadians! Has anyone else out there looked at the pricing on Chrysler product?
February 25th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
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February 25th, 2008 at 5:39 pm
If the price comparisons are as accurate as they sound perhaps Chrysler is truly making an effort to even the playing field. Still, as consumers it behooves us to practice due diligence and research our potential purchases. There is a long way to go, but this may be a good start.
February 25th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
There was a review of this vehicle on RPM on french TV channel TQS on the weekend.
They like the new 4.0L engine but hated the on the road behavior and very weak braking system, they actually passed through the barrier at the end of the ramp.
When they reviewed the brakes, very small rotors and brake pads, the van had a coolant leak (Brand new).
The review will not be online till the end of this week; http://www.tqs.ca/emissions/rpm/2008/chrysler-town—country-2008-44.php
Best regards
February 26th, 2008 at 8:55 am
I bought brand new 2002 T&C Chrysler in 2002 and also bought a Platinum Extended warranty since I knew that US made vehicles can give trouble.
Not knowing th T&C track record.
Any way this T&C has given me trouble from day one and if I did not have the warranty I would have spent a fortune by now. Now that the warranty is up I am smelling a transmission trouble in my only 5 years old T&S.
On the contrary I have a Japanese car for almost 8 years and has not given me any trouble at all, beside the routine maintainence.
I wish I had not bought this T&C. Also the dealership and main head office have been extremely un co operative at every step of the way.
T&C is nothing more then a piece of garbage.
February 26th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
Chrysler IS making an effort, the new Journey 2009 is actually priced at par. Too bad their cars lack everything a car would be, and ppl that drive them, probably don’t care enough to go down south and get one. Not that there is anything wrong with that, but individuals looking for a deal in US are probably not looking at Windsor products.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:14 pm
Using U.S. prices as a base, that T&C has varied over Cdn$1000 just in the past week! Who
has the crazy currency, they or us (or both)? So referring to Robert’s final comment, how
does a well-meaning car company deal with this as regards laying out a workable
fair-pricing policy to guide its Canadian dealers?
A few weeks ago another commentator suggested all car prices here should simply be in US
dollars. Sounds reasonable, but I wonder if there are alternatives that make our dollar,
or our geographical divisions, appear less obsolete. Or are they?
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:37 am
I have been pricing a Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited Diesel and find the price difference to be a wopping $10,000 - $14,000.
March 3rd, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I just checked once again, the Chrysler.ca site versus the Chrysler.com site, for a 300C SRT8. I chose plain jane, no added options, vehicles at both sites. The US price is $44,385. The price in Canada is $52,695. Since the Canadian dollar is just above par this week, you can rule out the exchange rate. The difference in price is a staggering $8,310. And keep in mind, this is for a Chrysler (not the highest price/value vehicle by any means) that is actually BUILT IN CANADA. An $8,310 difference is more than 18% higher in Canada.
I have been checking these 2 sites for well over 2 years now, the price in Canada has not dropped or even changed one dollar during that time. Canada Pricing, yeah right Chrysler. I do not intend to finance this car, I am paying cash, so your “better financing and leasing rates” do not interest me. Put away the smoke and mirrors and just adjust the prices so they are the same between Canada and the US!!
That T&C comparison mentioned above is probably pretty accurate, but I have to wuestion what was the difference in price Last Summer? I bet they were pretty close in price to begin with, so their temporary incentives (yes temporary, not permanent) might be what’s making the 2 countries look more equal.