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As someone else mentioned, it wasn’t online. You still had to deal with dealership. Sometimes Scion showroom was right next to Toyota’s one, practically the sam
by signatoremo 4y ago
As someone else mentioned, it wasn’t online. You still had to deal with dealership. Sometimes Scion showroom was right next to Toyota’s one, practically the same people.
Also, it no longer exists. Dealers don’t like it because they make less profit off Scion cars. The incentive wasn’t there. You can see how it is different than the direct model Tesla use, and Ford is contemplating to adopt
- superultra 4y agoI am pretty sure that I did buy online-ish. I filled out a customization form on the Scion website (it was a fancy webpage for 2003/4, but bascially just a very basic form submission), and then got an email a few days later from the nearest dealership (at the time I had to drive a couple of states over to get it), and it went from there. But there was no negotiation. I walked in, signed papers, and drove out with a car. Pretty revolutionary for 2004. And true Scion as a brand no longer exists, but it lasted pretty long. In this case, Ford is not saying away with the dealerships - they're looking at them as distribution hubs, basically...like Scion.