Canadian MSRP: It's official

Andyamo · Oct 30, 2002

I just received a call (and fax) from Guelph City Mazda (Guelph, Ont).

They faxed me a copy of a fax sent by David Klan, Marketing Director for Mazda Canada.

"We are pleased to announce that the 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege will be available this Fall for the MSRP of $26,995"

This is the CANADIAN MSRP. It seems as though (dollar for dollar), we get a slightly better deal than our friends to the south. 26,995 = $17,237 USD.

Hope this helps.

Andy
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twiztedjeckel · Oct 30, 2002

S O B!!!!!!!!!! maybe somebody will surprise us and drop it at the last minute or is the MSRP set in stone?

gjmoreo · Oct 30, 2002

No way! are you serious? $17,237 in USD? Are you sure - that is less than the Mp3.........

prost · Oct 30, 2002

gjmoreo said:
No way! are you serious? $17,237 in USD? Are you sure - that is less than the Mp3.........

Yeah but they pay about 15% taxes also. I think I read that this is one reason cars are cheaper in Canada.

sleeper_ · Oct 30, 2002

in my province, alberta, it's only 7% (the federal tax)

gjmoreo · Oct 30, 2002

Even with taxes - I thought this was going to be a $20,000 and + car? How much in good old American smackaroos will it be?
Thanks Guys....

prost · Oct 30, 2002

sleeper_ said:
in my province, alberta, it's only 7% (the federal tax)

I guess you are lucky spleeper_. That's what I pay also. In another thread someone was saying that they will pay nearly $33k Canadian = $21,150 based on the exchange rate above.

sleeper_ · Oct 30, 2002

yep, it's their provincial tax of 8%. Alberta is a relatively "rich" province with oil resources that the gov't essentially uses to offset the lack of revenue from a provincial tax. hehe

dimic · Oct 30, 2002

It's typical that cars in Canada cost less when converted in US dolars, than cars in US.

Part of the reason are taxes, part is affordability. Salaries in Canada expressed in $Can are similiar to salaries in US expressed in $US. So 27K$CAN is not very affordable for such car to Canadians. On the road it's (27+1.3 freight,PDi,doc)*1.15 = 32.5K$

How would you guys in USA like to pay 32.5KUSA for Mazdaspeed on the road? That is pretty fair comparo looking at salaries and level of taxation.

gjmoreo · Oct 30, 2002

But does anyone know how much the MSRP will be for the USA?

sleeper_ · Oct 30, 2002

msrp for the us is old news
vehicle only=19,980
freight=520

msrp=$20,500 USD

gjmoreo · Oct 30, 2002

yeah, that is what I thought.

so why is the price listed lower in the above posts?

Or are they just saying if I went to canada to but the car that is what it would cost me in USD.

sleeper_ · Oct 30, 2002

yes, that is correct
it's just shown to say canadians pay "less" for it than americans do, that's all hehe

gjmoreo · Oct 31, 2002

oh, ok. I see (said the blind man!)

Thanx!

Devil-MSP · Oct 31, 2002

Canadian always get cheaper MSRP price, even after taxes and everything.

But their re-sale value is waaaaaaayyyyyy lower than USA... i think

digi168 · Oct 31, 2002

Actually if you take vehicles purchased in canada and keep them for a year then sell them in the US you can make a lot of money. Especially with trucks. That is why many of dealers in Canada have division that does nothing but buy 1 year old vechicles for export. example, I buy a MS in Canada drive it for a year then go sell it in the US for say $17500 USD, that would give me $28000 CDN dollars based on current exchange rate. Considering that I only have to pay $26995 plus taxes in the frist place for the car, I could theoritaclly drive it for a year and not lose out to much.

gjmoreo · Oct 31, 2002

so If I bought a MSP in canada and then drive it to the us - I would not be paying as much for itr compared to the US?

Devil-MSP · Oct 31, 2002

I think the border will charge you for this, since it's brand new car. But i'm not too sure ... One thing I still don't know is that can warranty cross country?

oliver2000 · Oct 31, 2002

There is a earlier thread on the costs to bring a MSP into the USA from Canada.

At the end of the day is actually does not work much cheaper to do this as there is duties to be paid.

go here for more info

http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/imp-exp2/informal/car.htm

gjmoreo · Oct 31, 2002

but how will they know enough to stop me? you can just go right over cant you - I think that is what I did when I went to see niagra falls......

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