next time If you look at Hyundai online, you may be able to simply press the Add to Cart button.
Let's say you want a new one Hyundai Notably, you can now buy the car on Amazon. The online retailer has launched its long-awaited automotive service amazon autoAmazon service announced In late 2023, saying it will arrive sometime in 2024. The service is available today, right down to the deadline.
The Korean automaker is the only manufacturer working with Amazon Autos, though Amazon says it will “roll out” (almost certainly not pun intended) the services with additional dealerships and manufacturers in 2025.
Customers can go to Amazon Auto and search for a Hyundai make and model, then find a vehicle with the combination of features they want at a nearby dealership. Buyers can select trim, color and interior features, then get a valuation of their current vehicle to estimate the trade-in price. (Amazon says it's working with an “independent third party” to determine trade-in values.)
The checkout process gives the option to pay in full or get help securing financing – although interest rates may vary. Finally, buyers can e-sign most of the paperwork on Amazon, then schedule a time to pick up their new ride at a Hyundai dealer. There are also familiar features that feel like the stalwarts of buying stuff on Amazon: user reviews, star ratings, and an add-to-cart button. (When you're buying that $66,000, throw some soap in there ionic 5,
Unlike most of what Amazon sells on its website, it won't offer shipping service for the vehicles, so you'll still have to go pick them up from a dealership. There are also some terms and conditions that make the service not as simple as shopping on Amazon usually is. The service is available in 48 US states. (Sorry Alaska and Hawaii.) This will only allow buyers to purchase new Hyundai vehicles for now, so no used vehicles yet.
Amazon's move makes sense in an always-online world where cars are loaded with software And full of membership feesIt's also an example of changing consumer behavior that's leading to, well, Amazonization To buy a car. Manufacturers like Tesla and Rivian sell their vehicles to customers almost exclusively online. Other automakers will surely follow suit, and it's clear that Amazon not only wants to join that trend but also be at the center of it. Still, there are some dealers confused This service will actually work in Amazon's favor in the long term. Buying a car is a complicated business, about to get even more complicated rules in usa Which prevents retailers like Amazon from selling cars directly.
The service Amazon is providing here is not actually that of the seller – you still have to go to the dealership to get the thing – but rather that of facilitating the deal between the buyer and the dealership. The company is acting as a kind of middleman, hoping that if it makes the process of buying a car more simple than the haggling and negotiation of going straight to the dealer, it will entice buyers to click the buy button. Would be enough to tempt.