has become the first automotive brand to offer a complete digital solution for dealers, combining purchase, payment options, registration and individual delivery. With a new, proprietary Audi online platform, customers can now buy Audi Approved :plus models around the clock and have them delivered throughout Germany at the time and place of their choice. The platform users conclude the financing completely digital – also from home or via their mobile device. Following the end of a pilot phase with around 70 contract partners, another 200 Audi dealers offering their range of used cars via this new sales channel are expected in early 2018. The new online sales can be accessed via participating dealers’ websites and the central Audi used-car exchange www.audi-gwplus.de. Here the customer can choose their desired Audi from the qualified range of Approved :pluspartners – and do so irrespective of the car’s particular location. What is new is that the buyer can have the car delivered through the Audi partner to wherever and whenever they like in Germany. With a click, the customer can also arrange beforehand to have the Audi partner register the vehicle with their desired license plate. If the customer is looking for finance, a creditworthiness check, loan decision and drafting of the finance agreement are completed in real time. The customer also has flexibility to decide at the end of the term whether to give back the automobile for a fixed residual value or whether they would like to continue financing the vehicle afterwards. The customer also has the added benefit of a five-year warranty with the Approved :plus models. Regarding the payment Audi uses ecommerce methods to build up a completely digital solution as part of Audi Bank finance. As such, the customer completes the entire sales process digitally in a few minutes. The dealer or Audi customer service are on hand to answer any queries. The customer can also of course still arrange a personal consultation in the dealership. The online platform has been developed as part of the extensive campaign to create the digital dealership – as a joint, agile project between Audi, dealerships and Audi Financial Services. An upgrade to the sales portal with other additional services, service products and functions as well as integration of more partners is performed successively.
Audi will be the first car manufacturer to give used-car dealers a fully digital sales portal for purchases, payment options, vehicle registrations and individual deliveries. The system will enable the online purchase of Audi Financial Services -approved :plus models for delivery in Germany , with financing approval completed in real-time. The system was tested in a pilot with 200 partners, and has now been expanded to another about 70 dealers, who will begin offering used cars in early 2018 .