Things will only get worse before they get better. BMW and Mercedes both agree that the chip shortage issue could drag along as far as 2023, however the effects could be less severe in 2022. As you can imagine, this shortage is an underlying effect of the coronavirus pandemic. Mercedes-Benz isn’t the only automaker being affected, Toyota has been forced to idle factories in the US, Canada, Mexico, and other parts of the world. Volkswagen has even started selling VW Fox in Brazil without the infotainment system due to the chip shortage, in its place is a plastic cover covering the blank in the center console. The only consolation is a slight price cut. The same outcome is reportedly coming to Ford models as well.
