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Noidor @ Mar 2nd 2008 1:54PM
Well this is nothing new, just another example of government busy-bodies taking the choice from consumers' and causing the prices to rise.
I think it's completely moronic to suggest that Canadian safety regulations are somehow better than those of US or EU. Having to adopt vehicles to each region adds roughly 25% to the cost. What needs to be done is for NA and EU to have one set of safety regulations - a convergence if you will.
That will drastically reduce costs for our domestic manufacturers trying to succeed in foreign markets and it'll make easier for importers to enter NA market.
Conservatives, Liberals - it does not matter one bit. Politicians do nothing but create inflation and drive up the prices.
psarhjinian @ Mar 2nd 2008 8:21PM
The bumper regs are driven by private industry (in the case, the insurance companies), not government. They lobbied good and hard for the bumper crash test.
This isn't socialism, it's corporatism.
PiCASSO @ Mar 2nd 2008 11:14PM
Exactly... any government would prefer to tax you 14% (GST & PST) on $42,993, than 14% on $32,990. That's an increased revenue of $1,400.42 per every Evolution sold. I'm glad I've moved from Toronto to Chicago to get these kind of savings on vehicles. Except that I miss the medical coverage that I got in Canada, compared to the PPO here in the US. And that's another story...