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In case you were wondering  what kind of cars are being the most imported into Canada.  Well here is a list of 6 companies and how the 2010 1st Quarter imports compare to the 1st Quarter 2009.   It’s going up boys and girls - going up even with all those hurdles.

Auto sector bleeds from bite of high fuel

U.S. vehicle sales plunged last month to their lowest level since 1991 as soaring gas prices mauled the pickup truck and sport utility vehicle markets and even bit into crossovers, one segment that has been a bright spot for the embattled Detroit Three.

We have posted the details for you as well.  Maybe this will loosen up some of the American Dealers to start selling to Canadians.

Continue reading “Car Sales dip in June!”

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 

     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?

The intention of this posting is just to add a little more punch to the daily auto report issued by Canwest News Service. Columnists Care Dear and David Booth write excellent reviews almost every day on a different car. Two key points are missing. Can Canadians buy this car in the U.S.? And how much are the savings?

Today we start with two cars. One featured last Monday Nov. 26th and todays. Continue reading “Car of the day - Ford Escape hybrid and Mercedes Benz GL-Class GL550″