r/canadaguns • u/AutoModerator • Jun 22 '26

Recurring Canadaguns Politics and Debate Thread

Please post all your Gun Politics or Ban-related ideas, questions, initiatives, comments, suggestions, news articles, and recommendations in this thread. This thread recurs every 14 days.

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u/IronLover64 Jun 22 '26

Also, the Geely EX2, MG4, and BYD Seagull are 13k CAD in China and the only cars that are 7k CAD are the Wuling micro cars. If you want an average sedan like a Seal 06 or SUV like a Sealion 05, you're looking at paying around 22.8k - 32k CAD for the China price. Higher end cars like the BYD Han start at 37k CAD. It's still a bargain compared to the Canadian car market as far as high end cars go, but it's not like you can get a brand new EV land yacht for the price of a beater.

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u/I-LOVE-HENRY-RIFLES Jun 22 '26

Free market. If your company can’t compete then it deserves to go bust. 

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u/IronLover64 Jun 22 '26

You can buy western cars and western phones in China with no problem. They aren't common, but I've seen a handful of Ford F-150s when I visited. Plenty of people also use iPhones there too. Despite making up around half the cars I saw in China, most ICE cars there are also made by a foreign brand like Mercedes, BMW, Audi, VW, Toyota, Honda, occasionally American cars like Ford, Chevy, and Cadillac.