But we get block heaters also .

 

We do??? I didn't know that. Even Sport models?

 

Yep, we sure do. I posted a picture of mine a couple of months ago. It's on the front right hand corner of the engine bay.

 

Shane, your G is CDN$51,370 in Canada, and CDN$45,991 in the US a difference of only CDN$5,379. I'm not including sales taxes because I honestly don't know what point it would serve, you'd have to pay them on the way home if you bought it State side.

 

Ok, so it looks like you are taking the US list price and converting it to CDN dollars, correct? If so, I see how you are getting your figures. I guess I was just going by the huge difference in MSRP pricing between US and Canada (currency exchange aside).

 

I'm just configuring the car on both sites and converting the US price to Canadian dollars on www.xe.com. If you take the prices at face value with out consideration for exchange you make it look like we are getting royally ripped off.

Economists talk about purchasing power parity, but it rests on an idea that in the long run all good and services should cost the same in all countries when measured in a common currency. The law of one price is purely theory. Have you ever seen The Economist's Big Mac Index? It's compares the price of a Big Mac in several countries based on the assumption that no one will export a greasy burger. It's pretty cool, and the have recently added a Starbucks Latte Index as well.