Stellantis has launched on-line direct gross sales of used automobiles within the UK at present by way of its Spoticar division.

The carmaker group says it is initially providing greater than 100 used automobiles as Spoticar Direct, to be purchased instantly from its reconditioning centre at Corby by way of its web site spoticar.co.uk, which additionally markets the vendor community’s authorized used automobiles.

It implies that shoppers can choose sure used Peugeots, Citroens, Fiats and Vauxhalls, which usually might be from Stellantis’s firm automotive scheme or captive finance companions, to buy from their PC.

Consumers will take supply of their automotive at a Spoticar dealership of their selection, with no supply prices.

AM checked the web site at noon Friday, July 21, and located simply 18 Spoticar Direct automobiles obtainable.

The Spoticar used automobile community for Vauxhall, Peugeot, Citroën, Fiat, Jeep and Abarth was launched within the UK in 2021, a number of years after Spoticar began in mainland Europe, and now numbers round 350 forecourts throughout the assorted manufacturers’ franchised dealerships.

“With Spoticar Direct we are able to now supply a ‘phygital’ pathway that makes an excellent wider vary of used automobiles obtainable all through the UK utilizing our SPOTICAR community.

“Innovation additionally permits us to proceed to strengthen SPOTICAR’s management place,” mentioned Nicola Dobson, director for pre-owned automobiles at Stellantis UK.

Throughout their on-line journey, consumers can request the automotive’s transport to a dealership for a take a look at drive, and will obtain recommendation from a name centre to assist them make their selection. The ultimate phases of the buying course of, equivalent to fee and supply, can be carried out on the retail web site chosen by the shopper.

She mentioned an important second for Spoticar is that it’s the community’s consultants who will hand over the automobile.

Spoticar was launched final decade to determine the then PSA Group, now Stellantis, as a multi-brand used automobile operator.

On the time Marc Lechantre, PSA’s used automobile enterprise unit vp, mentioned: “The brand new providing will create a stress-free expertise for purchasers, whether or not they wish to purchase their used automotive on-line, at a dealership ot have it delivered on to their door.”

In a rising pattern, many automotive producers are eager to discover direct to client gross sales of latest automobiles, and pre-owned automobiles, to find out if they’ll enhance their very own profitability per unit and cut back their distribution prices whereas additionally gaining knowledge about automotive consumers and delivering a constant expertise.

Mercedes-Benz, which adopted a D2C mannequin this yr for brand new automotive gross sales, has been providing its personal used automobiles on the market on-line for a number of years, and Volvo Automobile UK launched D2C on-line used automotive gross sales in 2022.