[tony20009]

This is a BS price increase. I haven't looked at what the January prices will be for Audi, Merc, et al, for the competing base model vehicles, but I suspect that, along with corporate profit targets, has more to do with it than anything else. Every business seeks to sell their products at the highest price they can reasonably obtain.

Were there some true "market reality," it would affect all models, not just the models noted.