There is an entire thread on shortages, where inventory levels are discussed, including podcasts and news articles interviewing dealer principles:
Each dealership is different, but do the math:
- Take 2019 sales by make and model, add them up
- Divide by the number of dealerships for that brand in the US
- Divide by 12
And you will get a number that is on average, a lot higher than what is currently on-hand.
Why the NY and SoCal tags? Shopping coast-to-coast? Not believing what the dealer is telling you?