Nov 28 2008
Recent swings in the exchange rate of the Canadian dollar could mean fantastic savings for our American cousins shopping for a Vehicle in Canada.
Please refer to this article from the exchange morning post titled : CANADIAN CAR PRICES NOW LOWER THAN U.S.
Continue reading “Will Americans now Save $1000s and Buy in Canada?”
Nov 26 2008
What a nice hatchet job Transport Canada and The Montreal Gazette appear to be doing to the maker of the ZENN car.
If you missed it here is the article. and the link to the TC site.
Why am I not surprised that the Transport Canada spokesperson highlighted in Allison Lambert’s article today prefers to remain anonymous. Most of us that have been following the work of this Government group over the last year or so highly suspect their findings and their overall intentions.
Is the reporter not aware that these vehicles are allowed for use in British Columbia? Is the reporter not aware that Transportation Canada has “flipped-flopped” on the acceptability of ZENN vehicles several times over the last few years?
Why didn’t the reporter interview the likes of Kash Ram or other senior officials at Transportation Canada to understand and report the real story?
Why is Transport Canada and the Gazette spending so much time and effort to discredit ZENN. Are they being encouraged by the “Big Three” , their office towers full of overpaid lobbyists, and the millions of dollars of advertising revenues they fear losing?
What would happen to a motorcycle or scooter under the same situation? Are they recommending that motorcycles now be used exclusively on bicycle paths?
What about all the other Electric vehicles that Transportation Canada has approved for use and are being used in British Columbia?
By the way, does Transport Canada still have the Ford Van that was banned by the U.S. Safety Department 8 years ago and was involved in the recent deaths in New Brunswick on it’s ok safety list?
Maybe it is time to revisit why our hard earned tax dollars go into funding this Federal Department.
Maybe it is time to reallocate these resource dollars to the provinces, where they appear to belong.
Nov 21 2008
For your pleasure we have put together the short and long versions of Serge making another appearance on JE.
Nov 04 2008
Last Week Serge and I hosted the JE TV show at my house. JE, with famous host Michel Jean interviewed Serge for this Friday’s special feature on Winter Tires! and guess what … the Canadian dollar just hit .8681 today!
Nov 04 2008
Today the RIV reported that Canadians did surprise many importing experts in October. Despite very low forecasts, due to the tumble of the Canadian $$$$, 16,095 vehicles were imported. This represents a drop of over 34% from this time last year.
The RIV did acknowledge that the split between commercial and personal importations has now grown to 65/35 for Passenger Cars, Suvs,Minivans, Motorhomes and Trucks.
This means that 5,600 Canadians personally shopped for a vehicle in the US and saved an estimated $28Million.
Year to date 226,414 vehicles have been imported into Canada savings hundreds of millions of dollars for Canadian consumers. At this time in 2007, 136666 vehicles had been imported.
