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If the dollar remains equal or stronger, GM will be hard pressed to justify pricing Canadian Camaro's thousands of dollars higher than American Camaro's for a few reasons. First of all, they will have had 2 years by then to adjust the pricing of models to be more equal to American cars. Also, this is a new model which means it should get 'fresh' pricing, i.e. the pricing can't be based on previous years of the same or a slighly revamped make/model. Finally, the car will be assembled here in Canada which means GM can't claim that shipping costs and cross-border hassels cause the higher pricing.
All that said, I still won't be suprised if they price the Camaro several thousand dollars more than the US model. I think the biggest problem is that Canadian consumers aren't making a big enough fuss about it. No one seems to be generally p*ssed off enough about this...we're just minorly annoyed. Hopefully by 09 someone will light the torch and bring the protest down to GM Canada's HQ.
Also, all this talk about buying your car in the US and having it imported is pointless if GM Canada won't honour your warranty. I mean you can't tow the vehicle across the border every time there's a problem or a recall. The manufactures really have us by the balls if they don't agree to repair vehicles purchased in the US at Canadian dealerships...and this is the stance many manufactures (although I'm not sure about GM) are taking at the moment.
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