I've never fully understood the pricing policies that have been around for years such as pre registering cars, and used car prices are also crazy at the moment due to shortages.
To this we can now add the effects of 10% inflation and the £ losing value against various currencies.
A car bought a year ago with good money may still be worth a similar number of £'s but its now bad money. A new replacement, if available , will either be a less desirable car which they cant shift (maybe another make they also sell ) or it will be proportionately more expensive. If not why dont they just sell the new cars instead?
There is truth in the adages that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and if something looks too good to be true it probably isn't.
The dealer may offer a better price or a good cost to change , if for instance it means they have firm orders for new Hondas, with a deposit, that allows them to pre order more from Honda at todays prices ,and then sell them at tomorrows prices. Or persuade Honda to allocate more of their production to the UK. And maybe they know something about impending prices that we dont.
It could be a shrewd move, but there are lots of potential pitfalls to consider.
I would want to know more about how they can do this deal ,but the dealer is quite likely to offer a dumbed down version, that could be economical with the truth.
