Except the reality and the concept are never the same. If any manufacturer tries to curb demand by putting up prices/reducing consumer offers customers will just buy something else.Fully agree with this but they still seem to be pricing the lease deals very cheaply and and giving good discounts on new cars, so with supply and demand the logical thing to do would be to increase price to even out supply vs demand.
With every manufacturer determined to achieve year-on-year growth and increased market share above all else, even in a diminishing overall market, the ability to supply cars quickly soon becomes far less important than selling them in the first place.