For most mortals with a normal salary, a vending machine is what gives drinks, chocolate bars, potatoes, condoms, small figures and toys, etc. In America there are also those that sell therapeutic marijuana and Snapchat glasses, and in Japan it is the auction with even used women’s underwear.
But what about a car vending machine? Not from toys, not even 1:10 scale radio control, or even Karts, but directly from real vehicles for road and city driving.
A car vending machine
The funny thing is that this is not new, since for example in Singapore they have had a luxury car vending machine that occupies 15 floors of a building and sells you right there from a Current Lamborghini to a classic Ferrari GTO or Testarossa. And in the United States we have the Carvana company, specialized in selling new and second-hand cars online, which does the same.
The company has several car vending machines throughout the United States, and it is in the news for have opened the first of their machines in Nevada, specifically in Las Vegas – which is rare that it did not have one of these machines. The vending machine number 28 occupies a building with 11 floors and accommodates up to 39 cars, And although they are not exactly super luxury, there are Mustangs, Chevys and a selection of other more urban and small vehicles for all budgets.
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Just like a slot machine
How does it work? First you have to search and buy the car online on the Carvana website and select ‘collect used car from vending machine’. Use of the vending machine for pickup is free, and there are also home delivery available for shoppers who don’t have a vending machine nearby.
If the buyer chooses to pick up the vehicle from the car vending machine, a carvana commemorative coin will be presented by a customer service representative upon arrival. The buyer can then insert the coin the size of a hockey puck into a machine – shaped like a ‘slot machine’ for that of Las Vegas – and pull a lever to simulate that win a car on a slot machine.
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