Pandemic-era price mania and the subsequent correction

Chip-shortage scarcity drove wagons to and beyond MSRP in 2021-2022 (a peak near $190k), followed by an obvious cooling that commenters tie to a softening stock market. One owner's tally of 22 W213 wagon auctions in a 12-month window put the average near $90k and the median near $85k, well below the frenzy highs.