In theory the build and price configurators on automaker web sites are a great idea. You can go through and configure exactly the car you want and figure out how much it will cost before you ever walk into a dealership.
The problem is that there are often many different combinations of stand-alone options and packages on different trim levels and if you want to find the most affordable combination with the must-have features you want you have to go all the way through a lengthy and slow flash-based build process multiple times.
What I want in a build and price site is a list of all the available features so that I can check the ones that I must have and then have the system tell me which models meet my requirements. From there I can pick the trim level I want and complete the build.
Is that too much to ask for?
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Yes.
yes because they really don't want to sell you the car on the site. They want you to come into the dealership. It's the only time you will ever find them useful.
yes because they really don't want to sell you the car on the site. They want you to come into the dealership. It's the only time you will ever find them useful.
+Brian Wagner you can't buy the cars online anyway. At the end of the build process they direct you to a dealer to complete the transaction. I just want them to make it easier to build the combination I want.
+Brian Wagner you can't buy the cars online anyway. At the end of the build process they direct you to a dealer to complete the transaction. I just want them to make it easier to build the combination I want.
+Sam Abuelsamid But then the dealership might miss out on the chance to harass you and convince you to spend more than you need to. 🙂
+Sam Abuelsamid But then the dealership might miss out on the chance to harass you and convince you to spend more than you need to. 🙂