On Aug. 4, car shoppers will be able to get a new car paid, financed and insured using only an iPhone. Already, members of USAA — the insurance company for military servicepeople, veterans or their family — can research new cars and get price quotes from up to three area car dealers, using either the website or iPhone application. Now, just about everything but driving the car off the lot can be taken care of without ever walking into the dealership.
The USAA online and iPhone car-buying services are run by Zag.com, a company that specializes in creating car-shopping interfaces for various companies and organizations.
But experts, even those at USAA, caution that car shoppers should be wary of completely bypassing the dealership.
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