Welcome to BuyingACarInAmerica.com — the one-stop information resource for Canadians planning to buy a car in the US and import it to Canada!

With the Canadian dollar at all-time highs against the US dollar, there’s no better time to buy a car in America. You can easily save $5,000, $10,000, even $20,000 or more — and that’s after taxes and duty!

So why isn’t everyone doing it? Because importing the car isn’t hard — it’s trying to figure out exactly what you need to do that’s so incredibly complicated.

Isn’t there one place that lists everything I need to know? There isn’t! (At least, not until we launched this service.) There are six agencies in two countries to deal with — the state where the car is sold; the province where it’s being imported; US Customs; Canadian Customs; Transport Canada; and Revenue Canada! Then there’s US and Canadian insurance. Plus you need to submit certain forms in a precise order! (And did you know many cars — even, for instance, certain models of the Subaru Forester — cannot be imported?)

That sounds like a real hassle — is it even worth it? It’s not worth it for many people. Not because of how long it takes to do the paperwork (less than a full day). But because it takes 20 to 30 hours of full-time research to figure out what you need to do, what forms you need, and whom you need to contact.