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General Motors to sell used cars on eBay
Report: Move may radically change the U.S. used-car business
Wow! A sign of the times that perhaps dealer inventory just is not moving!
Still skeptical about the success of this. Typically a Certified GM Used Car carries a 7 year, 100,000 mile warranty. So if I buy one in Arizona and have it shipped to NC, who stands behind the Certified status? I would assume GM. But what if they just want to push inventory and my mechanic here would not have given it the Certified stamp of approval.
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General Motors said Friday that 3,900 auto dealers who sell GMâs Certified Used Cars will list their entire inventories on eBay Motors, according to industry publication Automotive News.
The listings will be free for dealers, the report said, and could radically alter the used-car business.
Mark Matthews, GMâs director of used-vehicle activities, told Automotive News that the certified used-vehicle inventory of dealers who sell GM Certified-brand vehicles will be listed on the third-party classified site starting in the second quarter.
GMâs brands include used Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac and Oldsmobile vehicles. Cadillac, Hummer, Saab and Saturn have separate certified used-vehicle programs, but their certified-used inventories will be listed on the site, too, Matthews told the publication.
The eBay Motors Web site has 11 million unique users and the agreement with GM allows dealers who sell GM brands to show their certified-used inventory to them. The program will become even more attractive to dealers and consumers if other manufacturers post their certified-used inventory on the site, too, Matthews told Automotive News.
Report: Move may radically change the U.S. used-car business
Wow! A sign of the times that perhaps dealer inventory just is not moving!
Still skeptical about the success of this. Typically a Certified GM Used Car carries a 7 year, 100,000 mile warranty. So if I buy one in Arizona and have it shipped to NC, who stands behind the Certified status? I would assume GM. But what if they just want to push inventory and my mechanic here would not have given it the Certified stamp of approval.
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General Motors said Friday that 3,900 auto dealers who sell GMâs Certified Used Cars will list their entire inventories on eBay Motors, according to industry publication Automotive News.
The listings will be free for dealers, the report said, and could radically alter the used-car business.
Mark Matthews, GMâs director of used-vehicle activities, told Automotive News that the certified used-vehicle inventory of dealers who sell GM Certified-brand vehicles will be listed on the third-party classified site starting in the second quarter.
GMâs brands include used Buick, Chevrolet, GMC, Pontiac and Oldsmobile vehicles. Cadillac, Hummer, Saab and Saturn have separate certified used-vehicle programs, but their certified-used inventories will be listed on the site, too, Matthews told the publication.
The eBay Motors Web site has 11 million unique users and the agreement with GM allows dealers who sell GM brands to show their certified-used inventory to them. The program will become even more attractive to dealers and consumers if other manufacturers post their certified-used inventory on the site, too, Matthews told Automotive News.
