I Tried Buying A Car On Amazon. Here Are The Pros And Cons.

Amazon is putting its ain rotation connected car income — without a recreation to nan trader aliases moreover a proceedings drive.

The portion elephantine announced connected Tuesday that shoppers could bargain their adjacent car done Amazon if they lived successful 1 of 48 awesome U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Portland done "Amazon Autos" connected Amazon.com.

Amazon is partnering pinch Hyundai first, pinch plans to adhd further manufacturers and cities successful nan coming year, nan institution said. The cars are each caller and commencement astatine $22,500 successful price. They spot models for illustration nan Hyundai Kona, Sonata Hybrid, and Elantra.

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In turning to online car sales, Amazon joins a marketplace already occupied by different online car retailers for illustration Edmunds, Carvana, Shift, and Vroom, but those sites too characteristic utilized cars for sale; astatine nan infinitesimal Amazon only offers caller cars.

What would hap if I tried to bargain a car from Amazon? Here are nan pros and cons that emerged erstwhile I tried retired nan caller feature.

Pro: Transparency

Amazon says that shoppers tin spot transparent pricing upfront pinch Amazon Autos, and I wasn't disappointed. Clicking into a car, a caller 2025 Hyundai Elantra SE, I was tin to spot a elaborate worth breakdown, down to nan carpeted level mats ($210) and really overmuch nan trader charged compared to nan Manufacturer Suggest Retail Price (MSRP).

Pricing done Amazon Autos.

I was too tin to estimate nan monthly costs based connected nan down costs and indebtedness term.

The merchandise page too transparently outlined nan accusation of nan car, really overmuch mileage it had connected it, and nan position of nan manufacturer's warranty.

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Con: Selection

Right now, Amazon is only trading Hyundai vehicles, truthful cars from different automakers are obscurity to beryllium found.

This con could soon disappear: Amazon says it will adhd cars from different manufacturers successful 2025.

However, nan action is too constricted successful price, pinch nan cheapest car trading for $22,510 excluding fees, taxes, and trader charges. There are nary utilized cars disposable for discarded astatine nan clip of writing.

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Pro: Familiar Interface

Buying a car done Amazon Autos felt for illustration shopping connected Amazon, truthful I felt correct astatine home. There were categories for illustration price, exemplary year, and trim colour connected nan left-hand side, and location were products successful a database sorted by worth successful nan center.

Even though nan car merchandise people is caller to Amazon, nan acquainted interface made nan process easy to navigate.

How Amazon Autos looks.

Con: No Negotiating Power

Amazon says that it shows transparent pricing, "eliminating nan petition for negotiation." I tin bargain a car and complete my afloat order, including securing financing, without talking to a value being astir nan worth and trying to talk it down.

While it tin beryllium small stressful to personification nan afloat process online, it is too small personal. And I can't thief wondering if I'm getting nan champion woody online aliases if I would beryllium amended disconnected going successful person.

This, connected pinch nan constricted scope of selection, yet dissuaded maine from buying a car from Amazon — for now.

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