I bought a Toyota about a month ago. Looked at several brands and they all said the same thing. Covid taught the manufacturers a lesson. I was told on several different occasions that the manufacturers will only alot certain vehicles to each dealership. So if they don’t have what you want at a specific dealership, you’ll have to go elsewhere or arrange for the dealership to trade for what you want. The dealership will then require you to pay a holding fee which will apply to the vehicle total.

The manufacturers are doing this to keep the prices inflated because they can’t make it anymore if they don’t get the premium prices. And they know that supply and demand will dictate the price in their favor when supply is low. People will pay all these stupid fees and such in order to get the package, color etc.. they want.