Car Vending Machine - 2016 Tacoma

Carvana, Only the second one in the US. Was driving down I-10 the other day and noticed the Taco in there. Decided to share, thought it was pretty interesting.

 

takes me 10 min to get the soda machine to eat a dollar bill. id be at that machine till the 2026 model year change comes out!

 

someone explain this to me.. is it a car park or actually a place you buy a car?

 

apparently you buy used cars online and pick them up in this vending machine contraption

 

very interesting... i feel like i should buy that taco

 

its a vending machine for cars

 

It is actually a used car dealership. Literally could purchase from your couch, pick up or get it delivered, then you have 7 day test drive to decide if you keep it. Crazy shi..

 

fixed it for you

 

that was going thru my mind lol

I can see how people can take advantage of this ... free car rental?

 

That reminds me of a show I saw on VW, they have tall stuff like that and a elevator goes up and grabs parts and cars, was really cool.

 

My luck id pay for the tacoma and it would get stuck falling out. Then a quick hip check to the side of that machine and id probably end up leaving in the beetle.

 

Holy crap. That's awesome.

Where on I-10? I'll swing by to see this wonderous contraption.

 

They got approval to build one of these in the west end of Richmond. It's neat and it would have been visible from I-64. The project is on hold for some reason which makes me think Carvana is expanding too fast. They are the ones with the ad that says "it didn't suck." Classy.

 

Cool concept, so out of curiosity I had to see. I didn´t see the truck in your pic, but there are three 2016 Tacos listed.
https://www.carvana.com/search?SortBy=Year&Models=bx&BodyStyle=64

 

Wow that sounds stupid

 

so, no paperwork, or anything? You just order it online and pick it up out of the machine?

that's pretty sweet

 

I see theses kind of "no hassle" types of dealers, mostly online. I work for a leasing company that sells our lease returns no haggle. People always tell me they hate haggling at a dealership. You don't have to haggle at a dealership. Pay the price they quote you, and I promise you will be out very quickly. You aren't saving money by going to no haggle stores, you are paying more, or at best the same as a dealership. When CarMax first came out, their cars were $3000-$5000 more than a dealership. We were taking our trade-ins and selling them to Car Max for way more than what we could get for them at auction. The "vending machine" is a gimmick that is only increasing the cost to sell their cars. Guess who is paying for that super complicated car dispenser. The buyer.

And guess where they are getting these cars? Auctions. The same place dealers sell their iffy inventory.