You Can Now Buy a Car From a Vending Machine in Tempe!

Gone are the days where you could only buy candy, a bag of peanuts, or coffee from a vending machine.  You’ve probably seen that now you can buy so many things including phones, tablets, gift cards, makeup, and more from vending machines.  But, it may shock you to find out that you can actually buy a car from a vending machine!  Yes, you read that correctly, a car.  This may be the answer to all your car-buying problems, particularly if you do not like the negotiation process that typically comes with buying a car from a dealership. Carvana in Tempe, AZ recently introduced their giant, 9-story car vending machine and it is certainly grabbing attention.

Carvana is not new to innovative automobile sales and their new car vending machine just highlights how they are revolutionizing the car-buying industry, as AZCentral explains, “People buying a used car or truck through Carvana can have a vehicle delivered straight to their driveway, but roughly half of buyers choose to go get it themselves. And why not? Self-pickup through Carvana means heading to one of the company’s special “vending machine” parking structures, dropping a commemorative coin into a slot and watching as electric motors whirl, pulleys spin and chains whizz into motion. Coin activation propels a special elevator platform that retrieves the designated vehicle from its slot — possibly eight or nine stories up the structure — then delivers it down into a bay for waiting buyers in a matter of minutes. ‘Whole families come and watch,’ said Ryan Keeton, Carvana’s co-founder and chief brand officer. ‘It’s a unique pickup experience’…Carvana’s first Arizona vending machine, and 12th nationally,opened this week in north Tempe to serve customers in the Phoenix metro area…More than just a gimmick, the unusual nine-story-tall, glass-enclosed parking structure with nine electric motors provides marketing visibility for Carvana to the thousands of drivers who pass each day on Loop 202 at Scottsdale Road. It also provides an efficient way to get autos into the hands of new buyers, Keeton said. The facility, on roughly an acre of land, is highly automated and requires only a few people to operate it, with up to 34 vehicles stacked inside (Chevrolet Tahoe trucks are the largest that will fit). He contrasts that with a typical auto dealership that takes up several acres, displaying hundreds of cars and trucks and staffed with dozens of people.”

Many people dread the traditional car buying experience than at involves going to a dealership, walking around a huge lot looking for a vehicle, negotiating with a salesman, filling out endless paperwork, and generally spending hours upon hours trying to purchase a new vehicle.  Carvana’s new way of selling vehicles online and allowing customers to pick up their vehicle from a vending machine eliminates the traditional hassles and makes the car buying process not only easier but actually fun!