[ShepherdsDog]

We`re getting an F150(5.0 litre V8) with a super crew cab on Saturday, and really there is no `huge` price difference

[commanderkai]

How is this different from Canadians putting just about everything else in US stores on their shopping list?

[pineywoodslim]

Jabberwalker Jabberwalker:

$1:

Just look at the difference in new car prices between Canada and the US...............there's always some bullshit excuse why the prices are higher. In this case they blame the distribution system.

I'm new car shopping right now and I have to admit that the price differences do piss me off.

I bought a new Subaru Outback in the US a couple of years ago. Here it had a base price of c. $23,500 USD. Mine was c. $28,500 with the options I wanted.

Last year I went on a trip to Newfoundland and got the oil changed in Moncton NB at the Subaru dealership. While killing time I looked around the showroom. Sticker prices were at least $5000 more than US sticker prices.

I mentioned that to the service guy who got pissed off and blamed it on crooked trade agreements.

Trade has nothing to do with it. The US and Canadian car markets have essentially been one market since the 60s.

There are no tariffs. The cars are built in Indiana by Fuji Industries for both markets and are then sold to Subaru of America and Subaru of Canada. It's Canada of Subaru which jacks up the price. Under trade agreements, Fuji can't charge more for selling them to a Canadian dealer network.

Interesting aside--I was thinking this Subaru is the first "foreign" car I've bought. Then I realized that just about every Ford I've owned has had the maple leaf sticker on the door post, lol.

[Jabberwalker]

$1:

nteresting aside--I was thinking this Subaru is the first "foreign" car I've bought. Then I realized that just about every Ford I've owned has had the maple leaf sticker on the door post, lol.

My last car was a Subaru (Forester)which I drove from cradle to grave. What a fantastic car. My needs have changed, though. I'm commuting 150 kms+ a day, now so I need a one man fuel sipper (and something smarter than a Smart Car. My wife can do the big car thing for herself + kids. This time around, it will be a small Honda. Form follows function.

Anyway, cars don't really have nationalities anymore. There is a very good chance that a Honda, for example, has more Canadian/North American content than a Chevy.

[ShepherdsDog]

buy a new Dart.....59 mpg. Just don`t try and buy it in the States. They will refuse in many cases..... keeping our prices high is the intent

[Regina]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

buy a new Dart.....59 mpg. Just don`t try and buy it in the States. They will refuse in many cases..... keeping our prices high is the intent

Yup..........

Canadian car buyers blocked from cheaper U.S. prices
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canadia ... -1.2435299

[ShepherdsDog]

even if it`s Canadian built. Free trade... my left nut

[BartSimpson]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

buy a new Dart.....59 mpg. Just don`t try and buy it in the States. They will refuse in many cases..... keeping our prices high is the intent

Why can't you buy it in the USA? It's for sale after all.

http://www.dodge.com/en/2013/dart/

[ShepherdsDog]

There was an undercover investigation and they found that American dealers were refusing to sell to Canadians shopping for cars in the States, because they wanted to keep prices higher in Canada. I imagine if you went far enough south you could find a dealer, but places along the border like Bellingham, Detroit, Buffalo and such were actively refusing......Regina posted a link

[Jabberwalker]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

buy a new Dart.....59 mpg. Just don`t try and buy it in the States. They will refuse in many cases..... keeping our prices high is the intent

I said that I commute 150kms a day, so with that and a little bit of other driving around, I go about 45,000 kms a year. Unless I want a throw-away car that I replace every 3 years, the Dart just couldn't cut it. It had better be a marque with history of reliability.

[andyt]

I sure wouldn't go for a Chryco/Fiat product - about the worst name in reliability.

But supposedly Hyundai/Kia (same people) are really improving their reliability and have very good warranties.

Then there's always the Corolla - just saw a story that put it at the top of reliability.

[BartSimpson]

Thinking about it, why aren't you folks mad at your government for not making sure your prices are the same as they are in the US?

[Regina]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

Thinking about it, why aren't you folks mad at your government for not making sure your prices are the same as they are in the US?

Capitalism.......

[Jabberwalker]

$1:

I sure wouldn't go for a Chryco/Fiat product - about the worst name in reliability.But supposedly Hyundai/Kia (same people) are really improving their reliability and have very good warranties.Then there's always the Corolla - just saw a story that put it at the top of reliability.

We've had Hondas in our family that went for decades.

[ShepherdsDog]

exactly. the price differential is part of a corporate policy, not necessarily a government one