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"New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships โ€” and reportedly many more across the country โ€” to sell. Instead, theyโ€™re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada."

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[โ€“] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like plausible deniability from what I suspect the real reason is: constraining supply to continue the perception of a shortage and maintain high prices.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

How long can they do that? I mean they need a constant cash flow to pay for all their overhead. If they start making less cars that also sends a signal.

[โ€“] pacmondo 9 points 11 months ago

If they make enough profit per unit on the inflated pricing to pay their overhead they can