Ummm...HELLO...yes it will be offered here...ffs it is being built here!

Our leaders do not directly control the value of the dollar...no government does...it is a market thing.

Sadly, you are probably right...the prices will most likely stay higher here...

 

Bookmarked that site!!!

 

There is NO WAY the Canadian price will be close to the American MSRP, we as Canadians are going to get f&^%ed again, one main reason is if they put the price where is should be that would mean you will be able to buy a Camaro for the price of a G5 GT or a G6, that's not going to happen.

I am also a Honda dealer (ATV-MOTORCYCLES) we have been hammered hard by the people going to the USA to buy, and they still are, we had a meeting with Honda, trust me it got pretty loud, they told us pretty much that they were f**&^^ng us as Canadians they had no arguments, move ahead 3 weeks all of a sudden they come up with HUGE rebate on all atv's i am talking $3600 off right to the dealer, that's huge when our cost was $10,500CDN. anyway it worked great we sold out made money.

Now GM (and all the others) and all the others are doing the same thing, and they don't give a rats *** about Canadians they will keep screwing us as long as they can. All that being said i love GM i just bought a new Vette last year, i couldn't go to the states to buy it because i needed the lease rate etc. I also don't blame them for hosing us, the markets bears it, so they charge us. Am i happy about it? of course not.

 

Either the price comes down, or they can close their plant and get the hell out of the country and stop selling cars here. If I have to buy in the U.S. I will and to hell with them.

 

As what happened to you with Honda, the only change will come about when the dealers start yelling at the manufacturers.

 

And they will only start yelling when we communicate our displeasure with our wallets...i.e.: not buying them in Canada (shipping them from US) or not buying at all. It is up to us to send the dealerships and GM Canada the message that we should not be fleeced.

Would Scott have any thoughts or comments on this?

 

You're right but that won't happen, we are going to beat the door to the dealership with our wallets full of $$$, we will pay above retail, just like in 1993. GM doesn't really give a **** because the cars are being sold one way or the other. The only way it will change is by doing like we did, and tell the manufacturer to stop taking advantages of us.
J-P

 

I feel your pain dear Canadians.

PS Speaking of getting raped... never lose sight of us poor Aussies who will have to fork out a good $60-75K for a Camaro V8.

$AUD= 0.90$USD
$AUD= 0.90$CAD

 

GM Canada sets their own pricing based "marketing strategy" that is driven by "market conditions". Market conditions are a whole lot better in Canada now than they are in the U.S. so we can expect to continue to pay more for our cars ... from all the manufacturers.

What the dealers and manufacturers have going in their favor is that if you have a trade-in, want to lease, or want to take advantage of special finance rates, the option of buying south of the border is not available to you. Once you add the people that won't buy in the U.S. because of the inconvenience and risk, real or perceived, as a percentage of new car buyers/leasers those that would import from the U.S. are a very small number.

That said, 3 of the 5 vehicles in my sig were imported from the U.S. and I won't hesitate for a moment to do it again for a 5th gen if Canadian pricing is out of line.

 

Here's another link with information on importation. The only road block I've found, is that GM has informed all border dealer to NOT sell "new" cars to Canadians. I wouldn't mind picking up my second hand Camaro with 10 miles on the odometer. Hopefully we have a kind U.S. dealer amongst us who is willing to deal

http://www.carburner.com/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

Bookmarked that too!

I am very afraid that the Camaro will be priced too high here...looks like the Canadian economy is going to do well (especially compared to US) over the next year or two...so that means we will get screwed...now the only thing to worry about is if GM will try to pull the "no cross border warranty" crap that some of the other manufacturers have done...

Oh and I forgot to mention that members of the APA can get pre-negotiated prices on cars (I think $600 above cost - dealer invoice) - I looked into that a while ago but never followed through...if anyone has done that, please post your experience here.

 

GM franchise agreement with U.S. dealers prohibits these dealers from selling to customers outside the USA... but as long as the car is eligible for importation into Canada (unlike '08 'Vettes) all a U.S. dealer really needs is an American address to deliver it to... so all you need is a cooperative friend or relative living in the U.S.
Interesting how GM cannot prohibit their franchised dealers from selling vehicles at more than MSRP if the market will bear it, but at the same time have the ability to dictate that they are prohibited from selling to Canadians.
Dealers not close to the border don't seem to be getting these directions from GM either.

Best regardSS,

Elie

 

Blame U.S. laws for that one.

The Camaro will likely be priced comparable to the mustang. If it's more up there, so will the camaro be.

 

Forget cars for now, I went to Banff (Half hour drive) I bought a bottle of five alive and a small coffee for the wife...$7.49

Now for cars, if our dollar wasn't so strong, i would have got anywhere between $15,000-$16,000 for my 95 Z28.

 

Don't forget that is Banff, where everything carries a 1000% markup...