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Ok, let's look at the arguement for "selling a car higher" because of limited production numbers to be allocated to each dealer. If you're allowed X number of cars, and hold on to them to try and sell them at a higher price...what you've done is slow demand for the car. If you sell out of the vehicle, what does that tell the marketing and production lines? It tells them to produce MORE and gets the marketing guys to look at the reason for the increase in sales to introduce those concepts/ideas into other product lines. If not, all you've done is slowed down the demand which hurts alot worse then the potential loss of a couple thousand dollars extra profit over MSRP. That is why the Mustang has basiclly always kicked the f-body in the butt in sales numbers. The dealers sell them quickly and keep demand high. The reverse is the GT500, look on yahoo autos for how many dealer marked up '08s are still sitting on the lot with prices over MSRP verses how many dealers are currently selling numerous '09s at MSRP.