Reply #26: No, they are going to pass up an opportunity to make money on a scarce commodity [View All]

[AngryAmish]

This is the way it works: price is nothing but a rationing device. If something is rare (or perceived as rare) the the price goes up, because more people are bidding on that object/service/etc.

So small fuel efficient cars are going up in desirability because of gas prices. There is a finite amount of them. Car makers can make tons of them - which they probably can't do because of retooling issues, etc. So since the supply is limited the price goes up.