All concocted rubbish.
If you look at the Port of Melbourne car ramping area you'll see scenes like this every day.
Cars move around the world in massive numbers, car carrying ships load thousands of them per journey. They are stored before they are shipped.
This article from the WSJ explains the batching up of production runs, storage of bulk unsold cars, idling of plants until the glut is sold. It's a cycle.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/...59601729569798