Revolutionary Online Car Buying Platform Joydrive Announces Expansion in New York

SEATTLE, Sept. 25, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- News Summary:

• Momentum Building: In less than nine 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 Sunrise Toyota and Sunrise Chevrolet with nearly 1,000 additional vehicles.
• The Best Brands: Joydrive's dealerships include the #1 Chevrolet dealership, #1 Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership, and the 3rd largest pre-owned dealership in the country
• Unlike Anything Else: Customers endorse Joydrive; reporters are invited to give Joydrive a 'test drive.'

Sunrise Toyota and Sunrise Chevrolet announced today that they are partnering with national marketplace Joydrive to offer New York consumers 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.

Both Sunrise dealerships join 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 one dealership in one state to more than 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.

Says Jimmy Berg, dealer principal of both dealerships, "Our dealerships take a lot of pride in that we are family owned and treat our customers like family. We have many customers that want to buy online and get their car delivered to their home, and we are excited to announce that we can now offer our great Sunrise customer 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 six hours on average that it takes for a dealership visit.

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.

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 schedules. 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.

SOURCE Joydrive