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J.R. Haddad · 08-03-2022, 10:17 PM

Having lived through people buying New Cars in Canada and importing
them to the USA most of my life, I can offer the following: GM and other
manufactures have long threatened no warranty on exported cars. It has
never really happened. We were threatened with fines, charge backs, etc.
for all cars we "Allowed" to be exported. Their reasoning is they don't need
us to send, as an example, a Corvette they built in Bowling Green, and sent
to a Vancouver Chevrolet dealer, who's responsibility is to obtain a certain
market share in his area of responsibility, and have them sell it to John in
Nevada. They reason that because of the money difference between Canada and the USA, the dealer will sell to John in US dollars, and receive
more than they usually would, and the sale can be handled by the dealer or
a manager, so no sales commission(aprox 20%), and John is buying in Canadian dollars, so he gets it for less than usual. They feel that it is their job to send their cars where they want, and that they should prosper, not the dealer. J.R.

08-03-2022, 10:17 PM	#8
J.R. Haddad Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 778 Likes: 911 Liked 1,434 Times in 304 Posts	Re: Buying a car in Canada and getting licensed in USA Having lived through people buying New Cars in Canada and importing them to the USA most of my life, I can offer the following: GM and other manufactures have long threatened no warranty on exported cars. It has never really happened. We were threatened with fines, charge backs, etc. for all cars we "Allowed" to be exported. Their reasoning is they don't need us to send, as an example, a Corvette they built in Bowling Green, and sent to a Vancouver Chevrolet dealer, who's responsibility is to obtain a certain market share in his area of responsibility, and have them sell it to John in Nevada. They reason that because of the money difference between Canada and the USA, the dealer will sell to John in US dollars, and receive more than they usually would, and the sale can be handled by the dealer or a manager, so no sales commission(aprox 20%), and John is buying in Canadian dollars, so he gets it for less than usual. They feel that it is their job to send their cars where they want, and that they should prosper, not the dealer. J.R.