World's Largest Chrysler Dodge Jeep Dealer Joins Revolutionary Online Buying Platform Joydrive As More Customers Crave A Netflix-like Car Buying Experience

SEATTLE and KELLOGG, Idaho, Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- News Summary:

• Momentum Building: In less than 9 months Joydrive has become the largest online auto store in the country -- offering over 12,000 vehicles, both pre-owned and new cars. Joydrive has now added Dave Smith with over 700 pre-owned vehicles and soon to feature over 3000 new vehicles
• The Best Brands: Joydrive's dealerships include the #1 Chevrolet dealership, the 3rd largest pre-owned dealership in the country and now the #1 Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership?Dave Smith is also the #1 GMC Chevrolet Buick and Cadillac dealer in the Northwest
• Unlike Anything Else: Customers endorse Joydrive; reporters are invited to give Joydrive a 'test drive'

Dave Smith Motors announced today that it is partnering with national marketplace Joydrive to offer consumers in its vast footprint a new way to buy vehicles 100% online -- no dealership visit necessary. At no extra cost, customers can complete their entire transaction online?from trade-in to financing, get their car delivered to their door, and use a 5-day return period to make sure they love it.

Dave Smith Motors joins a rapidly growing list of the most prestigious dealers around the country, all eager to offer customers a chance to buy their next car from the comfort of their home. Joydrive's roster of innovative dealers has grown in nine months from 1 dealership in 1 state to 50+ dealerships across the country, and now includes the #1 Chevrolet dealership, the #1 Chrysler Dodge Jeep RAM dealership, and the 3rd largest pre-owned dealership in the country.

The news comes as two broad movements promise to re-shape the business of selling cars:

1. Consumers are looking for alternatives to traditional dealership visits
2. Consumers are increasingly attracted to frictionless online buying options

With the landscape rapidly changing, forward-thinking dealers are finding Joydrive's elegant and comprehensive online car-buying platform extremely attractive. Joydrive transforms the consumer experience while maintaining the quality control that a wide-open marketplace cannot ensure.

• COMPETING DEALERS + ONE PLATFORM = CONSISTENT EXPERIENCE

Says Eric Smith, General Manager of Dave Smith Motors, "We have always been innovators in the Auto Industry and hope to continue doing so by becoming the World's Largest Auto Dealer to deliver to your home and office. We have many Customers who have asked for this, and we are pleased to announce that now we offer this service through Joydrive."

Joydrive is a revolutionary platform building what no one in auto has ever built ? a consistent buying experience with competing dealerships united to one common platform. Says Chris Brown, owner of Subaru of Puyallup ? one of the first dealerships on Joydrive, "Whether Netflix or Amazon, consumers have come to expect an easy online purchasing experience, and we are excited to partner with other Joydrive dealers to offer consumers that experience. Our customers continually tell us how easy and welcoming the Joydrive purchase process is."

And based on Joydrive's reviews, they seem to be working. Says one happy customer, "I worked all day, made dinner, worked in the yard and the car was delivered to my door at 6. This is definitely how I will purchase a car again rather than sitting in offices waiting to sign." Sounds like a much better way to spend a Saturday than the 6 hours on average that it takes for a dealership visit.

Indeed, in less than seven months Joydrive has expanded from one store and 500 used vehicles to approximately 50 dealerships and 12,000 new and used vehicles, creating the largest online auto marketplace in the country and surpassing its competitors.

• HOW JOYDRIVE WORKS

"Joydrive is a digital marketplace in that it creates a fully-online, consistent buying experience across different brands and products, with the important added feature that we ensure quality by signing up only the best dealerships," says Hunter Gorham, CEO of Joydrive. "Joydrive is not a middleman like other services. A middleman still makes you go to a dealership and go through 90% of the traditional car buying rigmarole."

Joydrive customers can browse numerous dealerships in one easy to navigate marketplace, purchase their car in their pajamas on the couch while they catch up on the latest binge-worthy show.

Joydrive, which will be nationwide by the end of the year, works in three easy steps (click here for a video), and journalists are invited to take a test drive with a representative:

• Buy Online: The entire process can be completed online, from vehicle selection to delivery. After securing a vehicle with a $199 fully refundable deposit, a user-friendly dashboard shows all details of the transaction including trade-in, Vehicle Service Contracts, financing options and delivery scheduling. Of Joydrive's completed transactions, 40% included a trade-in and 60% included financing.
• Home Delivery: Communicating through the dashboard, customers coordinate the vehicle delivery date and time with their licensed dealer representatives. Because vehicles are located on dealer lots, delivery can occur as fast as one day.
• 5-Day Return Period: Buying a car can be the largest transaction customers make, so Joydrive and their dealer members offer a 5-day return period or up to 250 miles to ensure customers love their purchase. Customers can drive the car how they will actually use it. To date, less than one percent of Joydrive's transactions have been returned.

ABOUT JOYDRIVE

Joydrive (http://www.joydrive.com) is the first online marketplace where customers can buy both new and pre-owned vehicles without visiting a dealership. At no extra cost customers can complete the entire car buying process online, on their own time and at their own pace. With financing and trade-ins built directly into the mobile-friendly platform, with home delivery in as fast as one day, and with a five-day return period, customers experience a seamless, transparent, and worry-free purchasing transaction. While Joydrive removes the need to visit a dealership, the company works with a select network of industry-leading dealers providing customers more brands, more vehicle choices and faster delivery. Please find related images here.

About DAVE SMITH MOTORS

Started in 1965 with only one brand, the Chevrolet brand. Now representing Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, Chevy, GMC, Buick and Cadillac. Dave Smith is family operated, the youngest son of Dave Smith, Eric Smith is the Dealer Principal. Dave Smith still operates by their Fathers philosophy of making sure the deal is as good for the customer as it is for the store. Dave Smith is known for offering unbelievable low prices and a Hassle-Free Buying Experience. Dave Smith has over 100 Sales Experts on staff to help you find the exact vehicle for you. We look forward to talking to you soon!

SOURCE Joydrive