How come cars are so much more expensive in Canada than the USA?

[project240]

This does definitely get a person thinking. For the past few months I have been contemplating purchasing a newer SUV... probably a pathfinder or 4runner. Probably about a 10K CDN price difference on the pathfinder and more on the 4runner.

Keep in mind I'm in Sask and you don't see nearly as many used as in Alberta.

More than likely when I do buy, we will fly down, pick it up, drive back and make a little holiday out of it.

[kane584]

Originally posted by max_boost
Oh Fock, now this thread got me thinking again. Pay down house or buy new car........I was trying so hard not to think about it.

lol

[C4S]

Almost everything in US are way cheaper then Canada .. even cheaper then the rest of the world !

Say a $40k US car ... probaby $55KCad here .. and $40K Pound in UK...

Mainly because of the exchange rate .. few yr ago .. everyone was asking " how come everything in USA is so expensive? "

Exchange rate between US -- Canada .. has changed from .. ~ 1.68 : 1 to 1.18 : 1 almost 50% changed ....

But if we compare price between Canada and UK for example ... not much different in last 2 yrs ..

Something such as Camera .. a $1200 US Camaera .. selling for $1800 Can here, and $1000 UK pound ...

So .. what can we do ? almost every big items I bought lately .. ( besides car and house ) I bought from HK .. Taiwan .. and USA ..