So again I went to another dealer in Edmonton (West Side) with the girlfriend on Sat.. was looking at the MR Premium.. I asked him how much and talked a bit, I told him the prices I was getting from other dealers out of province. He didn't really mention being able to budge on prices. So 3 days later the sales guy calls saying his manager wants to move the Evo MR now.. so I ask him how much... $54000 I told him I'm not looking to pay anything over MSRP and at this rate I'm looking at waiting on the 09's for hopefully a bumper that doesn't look like it was stolen off a Honda Element. (I"m not too fond of the huge black tumor of a black bumper the canadian 08's have hehe)


To quote myself exactly "I'm not really the best customer since I'm not in a rush to buy a car and I don't want to pay over MSRP" I was suprised he even called me back.. I'm assuming they're hurting to move the other ones. i told him he can call me back if they want to deal more. hah.

Get it from the states, even if you can get a good deal here.

Seriously, the price for a fully loaded (SSS, Nav, etc) GSR still makes the hassle worth it. Sure there isn't a warranty, but with the leftover cash, you can look into third party warranties, or just hope nothing goes wrong.

Now that the bumper law is fixed, you can get quite a deal.

At Saskatoon Mitsubishi, they wanted $58,000 for an MR because it was "a rare car." They also did not tell me it was marked up either. I told him the MSRP was $53 and he but its rare so we have to mark it up. The manage would not even budge on pricing. I told him "$54,000 and we call it a deal." He said "No, but we can do $57,000" I said "Go **** yourself. I can go buy a decent 335i for that price." He said "Fine i will return your deposit and phone the other customer"
I then phone Southside Mitsu in edmonton and Regina Misubishi, but they would not give me a price on how much they would sell it. I then gave Vancover Mitsubishi and they said "The price you see on the mitsubishi website is the price you pay, we DO NOT sell cars with markup" So i flew down to vancover the next week and drove the car home. Plane tickets was threw airmiles, so the total trip cost about $1000, plus i had a chance to visit some family. Not to bad.

Saskatoon Mitsubishi still has 2 GSR and 1 MR sitting on the lot still. They have sold 2 GSR.

Dealership make money for selling the car at MSRP, why should the consumers pay "markup"?

60k for factory evo .

yeah exactly.. the dealers think it's the GTR or corvette ZR1 or something.

How many EVO MR's have been sold in Canada to date? anyone have any numbers? I'm curious as well.

I am pretty sure it is not as simple as just driving it across the border into Canada. I have been doing a bit of research over the past week because I plan on buying a gsr when I get back (I'm actually in south korea right now). From the looks of it, it will cost about $3000 in fees to move it across the border. This includes a $750 fee to the company doing all of the paper work and organizing it. From there you have to pay PST and GST on the sale price of the car. A slightly used GSR in the states goes for around $30 000USD. Tack on the $3000 in licensing fees and then $1500 for GST and you are going to be paying around $36 000 CDN. That is still a really good savings. The company that has helped out the most and given me the best numbers is US Auto Imports. I would recommend talking with them as their customer service has been exemplary and they actually seem to know a thing or two. Hope this helps.

Ive seen dealer here letting go their GSR for 40 000$ You wont get discount on the MR thats for sure!

not many seeing how the entry price of the mr in canada can get you a much better luxury car in every way save maybe handling.

What luxury car would that be for $47K?

good luck finding the MR for $47k in canada. everywhere i look it's close to $60K.

paid 46K and change for mine but the dealer is still whining about letting me have it at that price and vows it won't happen again

That really stinks for you guys GSR's here are 32-35,000 and there are a few MR's for 38-41,000 usd. The one white MR was having transmission issues the customer bought the car and when the car came in the dealer noticed a leak issue turned out the cases weren't true and fluid was leaking from the seams...

You can easily do it all your self.

You will pay GST and any import duty at the border crossing. You will also have to get the car admissible for export from the US which means a letter from the Mitsubishi (US) which you forward to the US Gov't and then wait a few days. After you supply the paper work to the border crossing you are going to use you get to wait a bit more then you can fly/drive down, pick up your new car and cross the border.

Once home you will have to get Canadian Tire to do the vehicle inspection (free for the federal inspection, cheap-ish for the BC Provincial inspection), and then wait for the car to clear inspection. (Which it will.) Then insure (pay provincial sales tax if applicable at this point) and drive.

The only trick to it all is getting the correct insurance in the US and Canada before it is registered in Canada.

Basically you save $3000 in fees, there is no $3000 "licensing fee", and at least here (BC) you pay GST, PST, and ~$150 for provincial inspection. (If the car is manufactured outside of Canada/US you also pay duty.) The temporary insurance can be hard to figure out (each US state you drive through, plus Canada) but it is cheap.

Well you can always tell a salesman if he's lying when he moves his lips.