re: Car pricing when is it going to end

I brought this exact point to a family friend that owns a dealership, we may never see packed car lots again and I wouldn’t be surprised if manufacturers keep supply artificially low for this reason.

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Manufacturers might have stumbled onto something. Keep supply low and demand high = more profit for manufacturers and dealerships.

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Granted I don’t know anything about the auto industry, but why would a manufacturer keep inventory low so that a dealer can mark it up more?

Isn’t the manufacturer the wholesaler, and the dealer is the independent retailer? The manufacturer doesn’t make any more money if the dealer marks their price up more because the supply is low. Wouldn’t the manufacturer want to ramp up production as quickly as they can because they make the same profit per unit sold so the way they increase profits is by increasing units produced?