Canada’s imports of automobiles from America short up in Dec. as many Canadian used-vehicle dealers pursued more bargains south of the border to meet demand here.

Purchases of new and used U.S. vehicles jumped 156 per cent, or more than 14,000, to 23,070 in Dec. from the same month in 2006, according to Canada’s Registrar of Imported Vehicles.

The December. figures pushed Canadian imports from the USA to a record 189,738 cars & trucks for the year.

That’s almost 77,000 vehicles, or 68%, more than 2006.

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