# Car Dealership Question!

**URL:** <https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-dealership-question/380038>\
**Category:** Ask the Hackrs\
**Tags:** ny, ca-socal, toyota\
**Created:** [August 9, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-dealership-question/380038 "2021-08-09T21:39:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 4

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![jeisensc](https://leasehackr.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.leasehackr.com/jeisensc/32/224821_2.png) [@jeisensc](https://forum.leasehackr.com/u/jeisensc)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 9:51pm UTC](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-dealership-question/380038/4 "2021-08-09T21:51:47Z")

</div>

There is an entire thread on shortages, where inventory levels are discussed, including podcasts and news articles interviewing dealer principles:

> [@Shortages Affecting Auto Production: Semiconductor, foam, etc](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/shortages-affecting-auto-production-semiconductor-foam-etc/325907):
>
> Also [https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/chip-shortage-hits-global-automakers/ar-BB1cA1Du](https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/chip-shortage-hits-global-automakers/ar-BB1cA1Du) A semiconductor shortage is pinching some of the world’s biggest auto manufacturers, costing Daimler AG, Nissan Motor Co., Honda Motor Co., Ford Motor Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV production for a range of cars. Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler joined its German peer Volkswagen AG in announcing it’s [affected](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/mercedes-meets-european-co2-targets-as-sales-recovery-continues) by the industrywide supply bottleneck, without quantifying the impact. Honda said it …

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?

---

_[View the full topic](https://forum.leasehackr.com/t/car-dealership-question/380038)._