Amazon and HERTZ team to sell used cars online

Amazon expands the car market, A deal with a family giant Hirtz cars To sell used rental cars through Amazon Autos. Shoppers can browse, finance and lock in an online car, then capture it from a Hartz car sales Many in one of four launch cities, including Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles and Sayattle. The program is eventually planning to expand all 45 HERTZ sales sites at the country level.

The partnership, which was announced last week, adds Hirtz stock to the growing car shopping platform from Amazon, which first appeared last December with Hyundai merchants. The vehicles will come with unequal pricing, examine 115 points, and cover a seven -day return warranty and window.

Hurtz shares jumped as much as 7 % on the newsWhile Carvana, Carmax and Cargurus competitors have seen stock declines, confirming how Amazon can reshape consumer expectations to buy cars via the Internet.

“We are enthusiastic about HERTZ sales for cars to join hundreds of traders who were privileged in our store, bringing thousands of additional compounds to customers to choose from them,“ Fan Jin, Global Amazon Autos, He said in a statement. “This cooperation allows us to provide an expanded set of vehicles that have been well -maintained from more agents throughout the country, while maintaining the simplicity of Amazon customers.”

“Not the game changed”

However, some see limits for this step.

Antoine Godwin, a senior writer in CNET and automotive expert, notes that although this change is definitely an expansion, it is “not a changing toys.”

“If Amazon is working to charge cars to your home, it will be crazy, but you still have to reach the agency within three days,” said Godwin. “It is just a different gateway to the used car system.”

Currently, the partnership highlights the Amazon strategy to become the market in the field of automatic retail, and simplify the discovery and purchase, even if the last tilt of capture still settles with the agent.