Bill, here is a concern I have with vehicle pricing in Canada vs the US. Maybe you have an explanation that will help me understand it better!
Our Canadian dollar is doing much better lately but I don't see that reflected on the price of vehicles. Today I priced 3 vehicles (base model) on the Canadian and American DC web sites and found some major price concerns.
The exchange rate on Friday for the Canadian $ towards the US $ was .8386 (1.1925). I added 4% on top of this rate as that is about what banks charge a customer to change money - all calculations done on the Bank of Canada web site.
So, MSRP on a Viper in the US is $85,245 - in Canada it's $128,500. If you use the conversion mentioned above the Canadian MSRP should be $97,645.
MSRP on a 300C in the US is $33,495 - in Canada it's $44,395. Converted the MSRP in Canada should be $38,345.
And, MSRP on a Jeep Ltd. in the US is $32,100 - in Canada it's $49,845, convert and the Canadian MSRP should be $36,748.
As you can see the prices don't reflect the exchange rate - they did a year and a half ago when I bought my SRT.
Any idea why it is like this?