Time for my periodic lament that products the market would prefer, e.g., cars of which some external entity cannot assume control, are at risk of being unavaila

Time for my periodic lament that products the market would prefer, e.g., cars of which some external entity cannot assume control, are at risk of being unavailable. "Oh, that's all tinfoil hat, Smitty." Sure. Maybe commuter diesels with manual transmissions are just a personal fetish (I own two). But where can I buy newly-minted replacements? "Oh, that's just capitalism saying you're a niche market, and the business case is absent." Perhaps. I guess it's different than retro computing or something. However, I would contend that the same authoritarian behaviors that are being used against firearm manufacturers are repeated against car manufacturers. A rebirth of actual, free-market capitalism is needful, IMO.