I saw on the news tonight that Ford will sell CPO cars on Amazon. You can buy, finance, and schedule pick up on Amazon Autos. Here’s an article in R&T. What do you think about it? It looks to me like a logical extension of the Carvana model. Only in LA, Seattle and Dallas for now.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a69461828/ford-amazon-certified-pre-owned-vehicle-sales-online/
Whatever a CPO car is, but it wouldn’t surprise me.
I’m sure one can already buy or sell real estate on Amazon now.
CPO – Certified Pre- Owned
Oh!
You mean used cars.
Thanks!
Also has Hertz car sales and Nissan dealer for used vehicles shows an estimated out the door price based on dealers location. Same program they’ve had with Hyundai and participating dealers.
Its not bad if you’re in one of those markets.
I suspect many of you will agree with me…
I want to see, touch, smell, inspect and drive any car I’d like to buy. Maybe I am a dinosaur, but I can’t imagine buying a car that way.
I SOLD a car that way… to Carvana, but I would not buy one from them nor would I buy one from Amazon.
I did buy my 95 Intrepid with a remaining warranty without driving it 1st, I looked it over and heard it run 1st, but it was behind a few other cars that needed to be moved out of the way, the salesman was shocked I didn’t drive it 1st, but I had worked on and driven probably a hundred of them already, so I knew them very well, was a great car before it was hit and totaled…
Those early Intrepid models were great cars. They had the 3.5L engine with the cast iron block and non-interference valve train. I still see them on the road today.
You must live in the south because those vehicles had major rust issues. Their 2.7l engine was notoriously unreliable.
Funny…I (we) also bought a 95 Intrepid and it was totaled when a driver blew through a stop sign at 40mph. Luckily my wife escaped with no injuries. I always liked those LH cars and a few years later I bought an LHS as my daily driver.
The 2.7L engine was absolutely garbage, but that wasn’t used in the earlier models.
I had one as a rental in the 90s. Huge back seat. They were nice cars… but they did tend to dissolve from road salt.
I’ve bought (3) cars from Carvana. While there were always some unexpected “wrinkles”… I was very happy overall with the experience. And the cars, of course. They let you test drive it when they deliver it to your house, no obligation.
I’ll be buying cars online from here on going forward. I’ve been screwed by the car dealers 1 too many times. At least with Carvana and other online retailers, you know exactly what you’re signing up for.
The 1st gens (93-97) had the 3.3L OHV V6, and 3.5L SOHC V6, I had the 3.5L, those engines had steel cranks and forged pistons with 10.5:1 (maybe 10.45:1) compression ratio and 214 HP and 221 torque, which wasn’t to bad for that time, it was a blast to drive back then.. And the twin throttle body’s was just a cool factor… lol
Considering GM had the new and much bigger golden 4.6L V8 Northstar engine, and in 1995 the 4.6L produced 295 HP and 290 torque, the 3.5L had 61 HP per liter rating and the 4.6 had a little more at 64 HP per liter…
Now the 3.5’s water pump would start leaking at around 60K miles, but that’s OK cause it made you go ahead and do the timing belt, that was due 60 to 90K miles anyway…
The 2.7L DOHC engine was a true piece of junk, BUT was not an option until the 2nd gen in 1998 where the engines went down in size to the 2.7L DOHC and 3.2L SOHC, I wasn’t as impressed with the 2nd gens…
Didn’t have to worry about the rust here in the south, BUT all 4 front cradle bushings would dry rot and the cradle if bad enough could basically fall off the car…
Yes it did… 
My wife wants to buy one from there and go pick it up, she just want’s to be able to say she bought a car from a vending machine… 
I agree, and I had really good luck with the CarMax in my area, as do most in my area have, but not quite totally buying online like Carvana, but pretty close to it… 
What I appreciate about Carvana is the selection. If there’s something you’re looking for that’s not readily available near you, Carvana likely has what you’re looking for. I’m referring to a partcular make/model, or even color, for example.
I do think their “shipping” charges are a bit much…but like I said, you can get exactly what you want. It’s also relatively easy to arrange your own financing, outside of Carvana, if that’s your choice. You can even arrange an electronic ACH draft of your account, if you’re paying in cash.
I just feel the whole “dealership” buying model is well past its shelf life. They seem designed to maximize how much money they get out of you, often unexpectedly, and with a smile and a handshake out the door. The last car I bought from a dealership, they had us sitting in the dealership waiting for…something…for over 2 hours. Not doing that again.
Would you say that Carvana is more like an “off the shelf” car-buying experience, even if that dream car is on a shelf 200 miles away?
Yeah, there was zero (2020 and up) 2wd SR5 Tacoma’s in the state of TN or within 200+ miles of me, that I could find (plenty of 4x4’s), I had mine shipped in from about 400 miles away for $99.00, and if I didn’t like it, I was out the shipping cost but was not obligated to buy anything…
I have seen a few Carvana tow trucks around but not many in my area…
When I was looking for my truck, I put in a lot of info about what I was looking for, including price range and year range, under mileage range etc etc …
I have bought 2 cars from CarMax. The price you see is the price you pay plus a fixed fee for title and registration.
If a car you want is somewhere else outside your state you pay a shipping fee to deliver it with no obligation to buy.
I like no dicker sticker…and their cars are well prepped for sale with 4 matching tires, brakes if they are due, a little PDR and interior cleaning.
Worth it to avoid the dealers. I wish I could have bought my latest Mustang from CarMax.
Clearly, their business model is much better than CarShop’s business model. Several years ago, they opened a large CarShop dealership a few miles from my home, and it only lasted for a fairly short time. It was said that it wasn’t profitable enough to remain open.
The space was vacant for many months, and is now a Penske used truck dealership. I’m not sure, but I think that Penske might own CarShop.