Amazon and Hyundai launch a broad, strategic partnership—including vehicle sales on Amazon.com in 2024

[agatong439]

 

 

Summary

 In 2024, auto dealers for the first time will be able to sell vehicles in Amazon’s U.S. store, and Hyundai will be the first brand available for customers to purchase.

 

Quotes

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This new digital shopping experience will make it easy for customers to purchase a new car online, and then pick it up or have it delivered by their local dealership at a time that works best for them. Customers will be able to search on Amazon for available vehicles in their area based on a range of preferences, including model, trim, color, and features; choose their preferred car; and then check out online with their chosen payment and financing options—all within the Amazon experience they already know and trust. This new shopping experience will create another way for dealers to build awareness of their selection and offer convenience to their customers.  

 

My thoughts

This will be interesting to see how it actually works out but I guess Amazon really wants to be able to sell anything and everything on its platform. 

 

Sources

https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-hyundai-partnership

[bmx6454]

and they will include a free usb and flat-head screw driver in case you lose your keys..

[IkeaGnome]

42 minutes ago, agatong439 said:

This will be interesting to see how it actually works out but I guess Amazon really wants to be able to sell anything and everything on its platform. 

I'd like to know if shipping this to Alaska will be free since I have Prime.

[TVwazhere]

17 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

I'd like to know if shipping this to Alaska will be free since I have Prime.

And if you can use a UPS QR code to do returns

[Fasterthannothing]

Honestly this is great buying cars as the dealer is such a stupid outdated practice anyway. If dealers are no longer negotiating then I have no incentive to step foot in one might as well buy a car from my couch. Tesla has been doing it for years.

[Mark Kaine]

18 hours ago, IkeaGnome said:

I'd like to know if shipping this to Alaska will be free since I have Prime.

*not available in your current location 

[TetraSky]

Oh wow, a new way to test a car. Buy on Amazon and if you're not satisfied within a month, just contact Amazon and have it refunded. Maybe they'll even tell you to keep it. /s

 

Honestly, this is just crazy. I do want to see what will come out of it.

[Stahlmann]

2 hours ago, Fasterthannothing said:

Honestly this is great buying cars as the dealer is such a stupid outdated practice anyway. If dealers are no longer negotiating then I have no incentive to step foot in one might as well buy a car from my couch. Tesla has been doing it for years.

Partly, i agree. Test drives are still a thing and the more boutique brands have hundreds of configuration options that require someone with knowledge to assist you in the buying process.

[Taf the Ghost]

1 hour ago, Fasterthannothing said:

Honestly this is great buying cars as the dealer is such a stupid outdated practice anyway. If dealers are no longer negotiating then I have no incentive to step foot in one might as well buy a car from my couch. Tesla has been doing it for years.

 

Functionally, Internet sales have driven new cars sales for almost a decade now. That's where the majority of sales have gone, though it's mostly been something of a e-mail to call based system. Reality is no one likes to really talk to salesman. This ends up tying in with the Self-Checkout debate at grocery stores.

 

The weird part in car sales is it's actually flipped back to the older way. I believe it was almost until the 90s that car sales were majority of Order-based not On Lot-based. Financing rules changed a lot and a push for instant sales (and the increase in high pressure sales tactics) also changed the way people interacted with the market.  This also probably explains the rabid explosion that was eBay Motors, where people were willing to buy "sight unseen" with only the vaguest of protections, all so they didn't have to deal with sales.

 

But, the real question: can we get Next Day Delivery? haha

[Beerzerker]

1 hour ago, Stahlmann said:

Partly, i agree. Test drives are still a thing and the more boutique brands have hundreds of configuration options that require someone with knowledge to assist you in the buying process.

YES!
It's beyond stupid to treat a vehicle purchase like buying a CPU off the web.
You at least have to test drive it, have a chance to look it over and inspect it in detail for yourself before buying.

1 hour ago, Taf the Ghost said:

 

Functionally, Internet sales have driven new cars sales for almost a decade now.

Do as you like of course but I will NOT ever buy one that way, I'll check it over and test drive it myself before any kind of deal is made.

[OhioYJ]

Until we can cut the dealer out entirely, this just seems like involving yet another party in the car buying process? 

 

You can bet Amazon is making money off of this, and the dealer is still going to make money off of it. 

 

I'd be surprised if this ends up being much more than Amazon advertising local dealers inventory for Hyundai. Which means probably won't be long before everyone else hops on the bandwagon. Amazon is essentially the new Auto Trader, Hyundai is just the test bed. 

 

Until laws are changed, and dealers can be cut out, things won't change. I'm not saying dealers don't serve a purpose, just we shouldn't be forced to use them.