Fancy Footwork for Canadian Car-Buyers

Live in Canada? Shopping for a new car? With the US dollar taking a nose-dive, heading south of the 49th parallel can save you a fortune on your future ride. The only problem: you can’t buy a new car. Automakers have long depended on gouging Canucks $10,000 or more over and above the American MSRP on new cars, and are so prickly at the thought of losing this revenue that many have forbidden their dealerships from selling to Canadians—ironic, since many of the vehicles in question are in fact manufactured in Canada. One Canadian couple is even launching a class-action suit over "nationality discrimination" after attempts to purchase a new car were allegedly denied on the grounds of their national origin. If you’re hell-bent on a brand-new ride, then you’d better have some friends south of the border to help you: the only way a dealership will sell you a new car is if you’re able to register it to a US address. Still, expect to have some heavy explaining to do to the humorless Canada Customs officials.