I was browsing one of my local Chevy dealers and came upon these two 2021 Ford Bronco Sports. I clicked on the Carfax and was surprised they came from Alberta. I know about the 25 year rule for importing non US cars, but how did this dealer get away with this? First they have these used Bronco Sports marked up over $10K and then these won’t have a warranty because they are imported used from Canada. What am I missing here?
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I’m trying to figure out your comments. “ and then these won’t have warranties because they are imported used from Canada” . I believe they would retain their warranties but check with the dealer. I imported a new Chev Suburban in the opposite direction and the warranty was intact.
These appear to be brand new vehicles with 10 and 18 km when they left the Cam Clark dealerships.
Looks like Cam Clark Ford , of Airdrie and Red Deer, both of which I recognize , got an offer they couldn’t refuse. I’m going to guess that both these vehicles were manufactured in the USA and because of that, under the revised Free Trade Agreement, the vehicles could come back to the USA without penalty.
I have no idea about those 374 miles.
Not sure about new vehicles, but if anyone wants to come to my city of Cranbrook we can have coffee at Timmies and watch car haulers full of used pickups headed south towards the border. This is a lucrative business, driven by the 80 cent Canadian dollar and new vehicle shortages. The Free Trade agreement makes this possible.
The Canadian dollar is 80 cents US which makes it lucrative to take a $50,000 Canadian pickup and sell it for $40,000 US dollars. Selling it for anything more than $40,000 USD is profit plus a possible dealer markup above the MSRP that might be asked for in the hot US vehicle market.
PS: The 25 year rule is for importing vehicles are not up to date on emissions and crash standards. Also, this entire process ran in the reverse direction in 2008 when the Canadian dollar was worth more than the US dollar? What causes this? Mostly the price of oil. When oil is more than $100 US per bbl, the Canadian dollar zooms.