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Warrior   
Member since: Jun 05
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Location: Cow Town

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 08-11-07 23:57:03

Source: http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=c0fcc0c3-8964-441e-abbd-731d7941a06b&k=86936

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Lamb is the angry owner of a 2008 Honda Civic EXL that was declared a car without a country last week - more than three weeks after he legally imported it from the U.S.

Lamb isn't alone.

Many Canadians have been taking advantage of the surging Canadian dollar to save big bucks by picking up a new set of wheels from a dealer south of the border. There are possibly hundreds who have suddenly been stuck in bureaucratic limbo, said both Lamb and George Iny, president of the Automobile Protection Association.

Because Canadian retail car prices haven't dropped to the same extent that our loonie has risen, he said, a captive Canadian car market provides "a windfall for them. And they want to hang onto it as long as possible."

Jessie Chauhan, a Transport Canada spokesperson, said Wednesday she couldn't provide even a ballpark figure for how many Canadians have been caught in the same bind as Lamb - following all the rules, then finding themselves stuck with a car properly imported but later retroactively declared inadmissible.



Maharaj   
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Post ID: #PID Posted on: 03-12-07 10:49:13

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sudesingh   
Member since: Jul 04
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Location: Toronto

Post ID: #PID Posted on: 03-12-07 13:57:20

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Originally posted by Desi in Alberta

You might be better off having a look at Toyota Canada website as they have something about "made-for-Canada" cars...




Toyota's Made for Canada cars... is just a marketing gimmick to try and elude customers from going South to buy cars. Must admit they are trying hard. So Toyota says, Oh a car bought in US may not be fit for Canadian road, weather etc. So do you seriously believe Toyota does that, ie make a different car for the US market and another one for the Canadian market. Some people have reported that the cars that they have bought in the US is manufactured in Canada.

Another thing to keep in mind is that Toyota is not allowing it's US dealers to sell cars to Canadians. You may be lucky to find a dealer down South (way South), but certainly dealers in the border states have refused.


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