Comments on: Buy the Whole Car Online

By: ZalmAuto

ZalmAuto — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:26:17 +0000

Great Post. Thank you. Still not ready to buy a car online.

By: Sell Your Car

Sell Your Car — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 15:11:03 +0000

This is a great site! Easy to navigate and I can find the car that I want. Would recommend it to my friends too. Thanks!

By: Brian Hoecht

Brian Hoecht — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:44:58 +0000

AutoNation’s service differs from CarsDirect in that it is the dealer selling direct to consumers.

However, they are neither first nor even second to do this nor is what they are doing really direct selling as humans are involved via email and phone calls.

My company, www.ai-dealer.com has been selling a service to dealers which enables a true, complete, online, self-service to consumers. Price, credit, interest rates, rebates, trade in, accessories, accurate monthly payments. It is all there and involves no sales staff from the dealership beyond checking over what the consumer did + arranging for delivery.

Lithia began a buy direct program at its L2 used car superstore concept at the end of August 2007.

Are dealers getting serious about the Internet? Yes.

Is their model maturing beyond leads/inquiries into buy direct / shoppin cart based ecommerce? Yes.

Is AutoNation first? Not by a long stretch. Nor is what they are piloting really very close to what Michael Dell or Jeff Bezos would call “Buy Direct.” It is more like “efficent inquire direct.”

But check out the service. Compare it to what my company offers to car dealers and form your own opinion.

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Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:34:49 +0000

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By: Terry Reeves

Terry Reeves — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:18:01 +0000

I am not usually one to drop a link, but this company ( http://www.auto2auto.com/ ) has been selling automobiles nationwide for quite some time.

I pursued a position with the company over a year ago and they had been selling cars online then for almost a year.

By: Vince

Vince — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:27:31 +0000

CarsDirect has been selling new cars online for years! This is nothing new.

By: Andy Beal

Andy Beal — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:06:12 +0000

I wonder if there’s a drop-down for what you’d like the salesperson to do next:

a. Write their “best” offer number down on the sales paper
b. Go speak to an imaginary manager for 10 mins
c. Tell you “I have another couple interested in this one, might not be here tomorrow”.

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Buy the Whole Car Online by associationsx — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:39:01 +0000

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By: Steve Browne

Steve Browne — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:50:54 +0000

Maybe in the USA, but here in the UK I bought my previous family car completely over the Internet back in 2001. Specced online, paid for online, I didn’t actually see it until it was delivered, and never spoke to anyone on the phone at all. All done over the web. I used JamJar (don’t know if they are still going) and saved around £3k / $6k.