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Tesco begins selling used cars

Supermarket chain, Tesco opens online showroom for used cars

Tesco

By Bob Murray/ Ben Foulds

07th April 2011

There’s a new name in the used car business: Tesco. 

The first supermarket to enter the world of cars, the grocery giant is promising shoppers a choice from up to 3000 cars every week. 

But you won’t be able to see the car or drive it before you buy. Tesco’s showroom is online only, at www.tescocars.com 

And haggling is strictly out. The price you see is the price you pay. There are two options available to customers: ‘Buy It Now’, which allows immediate purchase, or ‘Pre-order’, which reserves the car while it is being returned to the vendor. This latter option commands a £99 handling fee, refundable should the client opt out of a purchase.

Each buyer is appointed a personal sales adviser to help with the sales process. Once a deal has been completed, cars can be picked up from a handover centre, or alternatively a home delivery to any UK address can be arranged for a fixed price of £149.

Tesco is promising the cars will be one-owner cars with full service history. All will be between six months and three years old and come with a clean bill of health from the RAC and HPI, along with a one-month RAC Platinum warranty. There’s a seven-day no quibble money-back guarantee if you are not happy.

According to Sir Trevor Chinn, chairman of Tesco Cars, the supermarket’s move into used cars comes after it analysed what people hated most about buying a used car, so “we can offer a positive new experience for car buyers.”

Tesco’s cars will mainly be bought in from lease companies. The firm is promising a range including family-sized MPVs, city cars and executive saloons.

Each car comes with 2000 Clubcard points, but one thing Tesco Cars doesn’t offer: buy one, get one free… 

What do you think about Tesco's newest venture? Would you buy a car online? Leave your thoughts in the comments section below.

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2 Comments

Might Just Work...

A realiable and well reputed store, so it might just work... though I am not too sure about the onnline stuff.

By Abdurrahman1 on 7 April, 2011, 12:52pm

Not being able to even see or drive a used car before I bought it would come pretty high on my list of things I wouldn't like about buying a used car!!

By JMDonald on 7 April, 2011, 9:26pm

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