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The latest issue of the Economist contains an article titled

“Not on our Roads”  “Bureaucrats against electric cars and Progress”  —

Now the entire world knows just how backwards Transport Canada really is.  At the same time Harper and his oil backed Conservative Government look like a bunch of “banana republic” hoodlums.  

We have captured the comments to date, take a look at what the rest of the world thinks!

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Please Mr. Harper, wake up and make some real changes in the interests of the real people that voted for you!

Looks like we were wrong concerning Chrysler’s web site.  If you look hard enough the prices are displayed and you can build a model in order to try and compare the pricing to the U.S.   We might have jumped the gun too quickly. 

•  They do,though,  make pricing very difficult.  The site is not very user friendly.  

Thanks to those that pointed out our error in a positive and contructive fashion.  To those that were more aggressive we have an assignment for you.  Please take your negative energies and turn them positive… take the challenge below!

Continue reading “We were wrong!”

After announcing big price cuts in Canada this week, Chrysler is treating Canadians just like mushrooms!  They might have lowered their prices, but they disabled the “pricing / build your own car” features on their web site!

That’s right Canadians, they keep us in the dark and throw crap at us!  

Make sure you price out your new Chrysler in the U.S prior to getting sucked in. 

Let us know if their new pricing is real or just another “Honda - sham”. 

 Rising Lease Expiries Lift Supply, While Higher Unemployment Reduces Demand!

The Scotiabank Group - has just released it’s “Global Auto Report” by Carlos Gomes.  The Gazette picked it up, but the National POST appears to have missed it!   2008-05-01bns_auto.pdf     2008-05-01gazette.pdf 

Looks like you might want to really check out the prices before you jump! 

Chrysler also Just Lowered prices! 2008-05-01nationalpost.pdf 

And GM Lost $3.2 Billion!  2008-05-01nationalpost2.pdf 

  Part of the drop is a provision they made for a possible tax settlement - they appear to be avoiding taxes on income from China!  

Where there is smoke there is fire - how much would you bet that they are probably avoiding taxes in Canada too!  All related to higher prices charged in Canada versus the U.S. for the same product.  (transfer pricing/costs) Wake-up Revenue Canada!

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