Dealers Beg for Cars as Automakers’ New Discipline Curbs Sales
With Ford, General Motors Co. and Chrysler Group LLC kicking a decades-long habit of building more cars than customers want, dealers are howling that they can’t get enough models to drive sales back to pre-recession levels. This newfound discipline preserves the automakers’ profit per vehicle and draws praise from investors. At the same time, it cuts retailers’ volumes.