They are seperately owned and have very little control. Right now, the relationship between the two is quite tense after how Daimler was treating the dealerships. There are advantages and disadvantages of them being separately owned, but unfortunately that's life for you. "Price gouging" happens pretty much at every dealership, with a possible exception for Saturn as they were built on the no hassel idea. The only thing they can do is to produce more of them. Just wait a while and the demand will go down and the supply will go up just like it does with everything else.