i am unsure we share the same view on the word "profit"

My thoughts are that "profit" means that you are doing something right, that you are providing a needed service to the people.

However, what we have in America, in the auto industry is a monopoly. It may seem like a few corps, but they are really all one, doing the same exact thing, going in the same direction and charging a price that is developed in marketing and has no bearing on the actual construction cost.