Car shoppers can bypass dealer showroom with GM's Shop-Click-Drive app

Time-starved customers and those who find a visit to a car dealership showroom akin to getting a root canal will be able to close new car deals right from home.

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"General Motors Co. plans to expand a new online shopping tool that allows customers to bypass showrooms when buying new cars...

By the end of this year, GM plans to extend a Web-based application, called Shop-Click-Drive, to its entire dealer network. The app would let new-car buyers use their computer screen to lock in the price of a new car, get an estimate of the trade-in value of their old car, apply for financing and even arrange a test drive or delivery of their new vehicle."

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