Apr 18
Canadians Pay 19.3% more for the Toyota RAV4 that is made in Canada, by Canadians
Well talk about taking advantage ( some people call that screwing!) the same people that subsidize and feed you!
Canadian Pricing Summary Details
So we just couldn’t resist taking a look at some of the recent vehicle prices. We wanted to see if some Canadian Car Companies were adjusting to the new “Par” dollar or just quite simply doing nothing…. for we all know most Canadians don’t care if they pay thousands of dollars more for the same vehicle driven down south by their American cousins.
But Serge and I do. Keep following this site daily as we both go about attempting to purchase a new automobile at a fair price. Over the course of the next few weeks we will explore and visit showrooms in Canada and the U.S., we will even attempt to obtain quotes from the APA’s recommended Brokers.
We will highlight the process, the roadblocks put up by the industry and our Government to keep Canadians paying substantially higher prices. Better to give all our hard earned money to Multi- national companies, than to keep it in our pockets. Why would we want to improve our standard of living? Just ask all the ex Nortel Pensioners (12,000Plus) how they feel about our Government, The Bond traders, Major Banks and the current Bankruptcy Act that will cost them and Canadian Taxpayers millions of dollars!
Well, we are afraid to tell you folks that that is the way our Government and the Multinational Companies work. Together they manage to make hard working Canadians pay more than their American Cousins.
Stay tuned!
April 19th, 2010 at 11:50 am
And Toyota still honours the US warranty in Canada!
April 19th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Yes the Toyota warranty covers Canada - USA - Mexico. I have that information in my USA imported Prius owner’s manual.
April 25th, 2010 at 12:27 am
Okay I don’t get it……..do Canadians really have so much money they don’t care or are Canadian Consumers just really not that bright! Why isn’t all of the Toyota business going south??
April 25th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
I believe it’s primarily based on 3 fears. One, that the time, energy and paperwork involved will be overwhelming. Two, the consumer worries that buying outside the native land is somehow disloyal. Three, there is concern that the local dealer will forever hold such a purchase against the owner. Each of these is ill-founded and anyone who reads this site knows why. Organizations like CWB are helping to allay these fears, and the word needs to be spread even further.