Will Online Car Sales Be Successful for GM And Become A Model For Others?

Will Online Car Sales Be Successful for GM And Become A Model For Others?
General Motors and eBay Inc. are expected to announce today that hundreds of the automaker's California dealers will let consumers haggle over the prices of new cars and trucks through the online marketplace, as part of a previously disclosed trial.

About 225 of California's 250 GM dealers are set to take part in the program, which will begin Tuesday. They will be selling Buick, Chevrolet, GMC and Pontiac vehicles on co-branded Web sites through eBay's online auto marketplace, eBay Motors, until Sept. 8. The cars will also be searchable through eBay Motors and eBay's main site.

The trial is part of GM's turnaround plan, making more official a practice some of its dealers had already participated in on their own. It expands an existing partnership covering GM certified used vehicles sold through eBay.


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mscottc1mscottc1 - 8/10/2009 4:40:42 PM
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I was going to say something about salesmen being unemployed from the GM stores out there, but I guess (in a way) they are government employees now anyway. Wonder where on the GS payscale they would end up? At least the same as a congressman, surely.


XYZZXYZZ - 8/11/2009 5:09:33 AM
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LOL!

as i recall, there was a poll once on which people were the MOST DISTRUSTED. the race to the bottom was a hot contest between politicians and used CAR SALESMEN! i 'spose new car salesmen mite rank a half notch higher. (then again, many sell both new AND used cars, which knocks 'em back down 3/4 of a notch! LOL!)


bfghemicudabfghemicuda - 8/10/2009 6:26:13 PM
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Online car sales has been around for a long time. If a customer knows what they want just order it online but to say GM would be the model for this ,,,,,,No.


mscottc1mscottc1 - 8/10/2009 7:43:59 PM
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You cannot order or purchase a vehicle directly from the manufacturer online. This is what is being presented as is the case here- we're all very aware that cars are sold on the internet and have been for many years now.


0to600to60 - 8/10/2009 6:37:05 PM
+1 Boost
so much for a test drive


AgentOrangeAgentOrange - 8/11/2009 10:18:19 AM
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Well known fact: HyundaiSmoke is a total retard.


tangotango - 8/10/2009 11:08:42 PM
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HyundaiSmoke...when I started paying attention to this site you struck me as somebody who was well-read and level-headed in thought. Your support of Hyundai alone said that you were willing to look beyond stigmas and unfair claims and see what may exist. With rather disturbing haste, your posts recently have become quite off centre and quite frankly, have become very annoying. Did you actually read that shit you just posted? Or did you write it while under the influence of some drug? GM doesn't want us to test drive their cars? What garbage. As for the link you just posted, you seem to not understand it, though you appear to be able to read. The list does not say by what margin the best built car outdoes the worst built car. Look at Pontiac. Their best-built car is the Vibe. Let's look at Toyota. Their best built model is the Matrix. These cars are twins. Yet, Pontiac is all the way at the bottom of the list. This shows clearly that it is in no way an indication of how good the best built car is. The Cadillac DTS is tops at Cadillac. This is possible because it has been built for years, so the factory is tuned to doing the job right every time. The other models built by Cadillac could very well be right on its heels but other models are holding back the average. Also, the current CTS is only a year old so it does not fall into this study. You are starting to sound like some of the other assholes on here who bend and twist things to suit their own interests. Check yourself.


XYZZXYZZ - 8/11/2009 5:26:21 AM
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"Look at Pontiac. Their best-built car is the Vibe. Let's look at Toyota. Their best built model is the Matrix. These cars are twins. Yet, Pontiac is all the way at the bottom of the list. This shows clearly that it is in no way an indication of how good the best built car is."

your logic is flawed. you yourself admit, with caddy, "...but other models are holding back the average."

so the other pontiac models must be of special craptitude to drag the top ranking Vibe that far down!

i don't always agree with 'Smoke myself, but his funny statements tend to outweigh his annoying ones.


rxh8me9000rxh8me9000 - 8/11/2009 9:41:33 AM
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Yep,you basically just killed him. Whens the funeral arrangements.


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