Chrome Wheels..... & Cdn Market
Was in Toronto last week and went by a dealer near the airport.
MARKET IN CANADA vs. USAThe dealer has rec'd 5 SSr's and sold one. The list price in Canada for a well equiped truck is nearly C$80k or US$60K :nono BUT GM Canada has come out with an "inadequate" rebate program of C$10k as there are more imported from USA SSr's on the road than there are one's purchased through Canadian Chevrolet dealers!
The salesman told me that he felt the only way they could sell SSr's is if the price gets to <$C50k or about US$37.5. He showed me documents from GM Canada telling them the list for the '05 was being 'market adjusted' and would be just under C$60k for the Base truck..... he also indicated the dealer cost for this truck would be in the order of C$52.5k and that they would be pleased to sell and ordered '05 for $1000 over 'dead cost'> there is no holdback in Canada according to him.... he had no idea about the opion pricing for '05 but GM Canada really reamed their consumers (i.e. yellow paint is C$800/US$600; 1SB is C$3500/US$2700 et cetera) on the 03/04's which is one of the key reasons why most of the SSr's in Canada are imports..... you can buy a loaded truck, as we know, in the USA for about US$45k which is <C$60.....
does anyone have the USA '05 pricing??????
CHROME WHEELS Of the four on his lot, three have chrome wheels but not the factory ones. The sales person told me that they send them to North Dakota for chroming rather than order the wheels as the Canadian price is C$2400 (about US$1800).... he quietly told me this is costing them about C$1000/US$750 including shipping, dismounting/remounting the tires, et cetera. :lol
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