JD Adams for General Motors
- Throughout the height of COVID, carmakers got used to getting high prices.
- Now, that's not as much the case as shoppers become more price-sensitive.
- But some carmakers might limit their inventory to keep supply down and prices up.
Car companies have a new way of keeping prices up: limiting options on the dealer lot.
Since recovering from COVID-related plant shutdowns and an extended shortage of chips required for today's tech-laden cars, companies like Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis have finally seen more cars head to dealer lots.