Google's New Car Search Makes Shopping Easier

TTAC Staff
by TTAC Staff

Whether you’re in the market for an F-150 or an F-Type, you may have at some point used Google to learn all you could about your next car purchase. The Mountain View, Calif. company decided to make your quest for knowledge easier by unveiling their New Car Search feature as seen above.

At the same time, Google looks to have abandoned their previous new car shopping too l, which had a separate landing page, and allowed shoppers to search for available inventory, while generating leads for dealers.

The current iteration appears to be a lot more simple, at least for now. By entering the car of interest into Google’s search bar, the results page will bring up a box with info on pricing, trim levels, MPG, and similar cars others have sought out.

That said, the current selection with this new widget is limited, focusing upon newer cars within the past three model years or so (i.e., the Chevrolet Impala). Thus, if you were hoping to go back in time to see how much a Ford Mustang II was worth when it debuted, you might have better luck going through an old issue of National Geographic for the time being.

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  • Corey Lewis Corey Lewis on Dec 05, 2013

    And you view the prices on the F-Type, laugh, and go on about your day.

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    • Kyree Kyree on Dec 05, 2013

      @Kyree The GT-R is a supercar, so it is well and truly above the F-Type. Lesser versions of the Corvette could maybe compete, but certainly not something like a ZR1. Like I said, I don't think the F-Type and its competitors are linked by price, but rather the niche that they occupy...

  • Highdesertcat Highdesertcat on Dec 05, 2013

    Such tools are a great service to potential buyers. But the downside is that the buyer still has to go see a dealer and all that that entails. Dealerships exist solely to part you with as much of your money as they can and as you will allow them to. I would prefer to do the research and then order the vehicle direct from the factory for delivery at or near my location. These days that's what many people do with all sorts of merchandise. They look at Best Buy or wherever, and then order the stuff from Amazon, tax-free in many cases, and with free shipping. They save money all-around. I ordered a new car direct twice before, a long time ago, first when I bought a new 1968 Mercury Monterey through the Base Exchange system for delivery stateside upon my return from Viet Nam, and then again when I ordered a 1972 M-B 220D direct from M-B in Germany for tax-free delivery at Schiphol International airport in Holland. Both transactions were pain- and hassle-free.

  • Fred Fred on Dec 05, 2013

    doesn't work for my zipcode tried a few around Houston and kept getting the error "zipcode not supported" It also has the Google habit of remembering everything I type into it. Do I have to clear my cookies everytime I use it?

    • Kyree Kyree on Dec 05, 2013

      Given Texas's draconian laws against anything that goes around car dealers. I wouldn't be surprised...

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