I have a friend who just bought a gently used, (under 10K miles), Audi Q7 SUV this past week. He needed to buy a car, as his previous ride had been totaled by a drunk who hit him, (luckily no injuries), and he was a cash buyer with the insurance $. Even paying cash, the dealer wouldn't budge on price, and since he needed a car, he had to cough up the dough.
I also believe that there is a lot of pent up demand, from people basically having done nothing or bought nothing over the past year. There is a school of thought that with people being vaccinated and things opening up, the pent-up demand will have the economy taking off in the 2nd half of this year. Which translates into: if you want something, you're gonna have to pay up!
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