TrueCar: The Car Buying App
* being offered by each TrueCar Certified Dealer. Price Check, an additional feature of this app, allows members direct access to the TrueCar Price Estimate just by scanning the window sticker at any Certified Dealership.
This should help you understand what we're all about:
• Access to our network of over 11,000 Dealers offering Guaranteed Savings on every car on the lot.
• Connection to the right salesperson who knows all about the TrueCar program.
• Connection to a TrueCar customer representative any time you have questions. We're here to help you understand how TrueCar works and guide you through the experience.
• Guaranteed Savings from Certified TrueCar dealers in your local area who strive to provide you with offers on in-stock vehicles that match your new car preferences.
• See what others paid in your local area and compare that to the TrueCar Estimate.
• Save on average $3,279 off MSRP when buying from a TrueCar Certified Dealer**.
• Access to Dealers committed to Transparent Pricing on every vehicle in stock.
• Connect directly with a representative at the Dealership with questions or to schedule a test drive.
• Scan window sticker bar codes, or enter the last 5 digits of the VIN to get the TrueCar Price Check to get the TrueCar Estimate while on the lot.
• Easily configure and save your ideal vehicle with your favorite options, colors and manufacturer incentives.
• Receive VIN based offers on in-stock vehicles.
Some stuff our marketing team thought we should mention:
• 97% of TrueCar users who purchased a car from a Certified Dealer would recommend to others. (That's pretty cool.)
• Over 2,500,000 cars sold by TrueCar Certified Dealers to our members.
• Members buying with TrueCar have saved more than $1 billion off MSRP.
Some stuff the lawyers wanted us to mention:
* Guaranteed Savings currently not available in all states. In these instances, a "Target Price" is presented, which is not an advertised price, but an example of what you can reasonably expect to pay for a vehicle with your preferred options. Guaranteed Savings represents the amount that a TrueCar Certified Dealer selected by you guarantees that you will save off the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price ("MSRP") on any in-stock vehicle that is the same make, model, and trim as your Ideal Vehicle. The Guaranteed Savings is based on a vehicle without factory or dealer installed options and includes generally available manufacturer incentives.
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* Between 7/1/15 and 9/30/15, the average estimated savings off MSRP presented by TrueCar Certified Dealers to users of TrueCar powered websites, based on users who configured virtual vehicles and who TrueCar identified as purchasing a new vehicle of the same make and model listed on the certificate from a Certified Dealer as of 10/31/2015, was $3,279. Your actual savings may vary based on multiple factors including the vehicle you select, region, dealer, and applicable vehicle specific manufacturer incentives which are subject to change. The Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price ("MSRP") is determined by the manufacturer, and may not reflect the price at which vehicles are generally sold in the dealer's trade area as not all vehicles are sold at MSRP. Each dealer sets its own pricing. Your actual purchase price is negotiated between you and the dealer. TrueCar does not sell or lease motor vehicles.
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Reviews (24)
I like the very easy and simple format, that is laid out with this app, to build the car you want and see what kind of MSRP it should have, on the sticker, when you get to the dealership. I've actually removed the other car buying apps such as Auto trader in Edmonds from my phone, using this one exclusively.
The app made it easy to find a vehicle within my specifications and budget, and to connect with the applicable dealer fast. Highly recommended.
I liked that i could search for the make/model/color I wanted. I also like the online loan application so I know what kind of deal to expect at the dealership. What I didn't like is that all the car dealers are adding features to the car to increase the sale price of the car, but aren't listing the added features. It's a sign of the times. My previous experience with True Car was excellent.
This app has been nothing but glitchy for me. It'll give me notifications of price drops, then not bring me to the vehicle. I have a lot saved so I don't know which one had the price drop. The app is slow. It crashes all the time. I expect a lot more. Not to mention I submitted my info for getting my car covered under the military appreciation program last summer and never heard back. Submitted it multiple times. Just thought I'd add that to this little rating.
I have used this app for years and it has been great until the last update. Here are items that need to be improved to make this a five star app again. 1. When pricing a car you start by choosing a trim level. There is no info on what the different trims include- only choices like basic,premium, or prestige. Who buys a car without knowing what thse trim levels include. 2. The new version takes you straight to pricing after choosing the exterior color. In order to choose interior color and other options you have to figure out where to go in the app to get to those things (not intuitive at all). Once again, who buys a car without knowing/choosing those things? 3. The new version is much slower than the last version. While the app is still usable while slower ...... if we are gonna fix it, lets fix it right. I probably use this app 2-300 times between car buyings (i have actually finalized buying 2 cars with the true car process.) Clearly I use the app to learn what is available on the market (colors, trim levels, options, etc.) ; not just to get a price. The latter is useless without the former. It is still a great app.... UNLESS you have seen prior versions. I have now tried using this app for two days and you cannot get any necessary info without registering. I wll be deleting the app today - it is no longer worth the space. Sorry truecar, no more dealer payment of $400 to you for each car i buy.
Great app for searching for a vehicle to purchase. Numerous filters to narrow your search. I have found some great deals on here. The only thing I would suggest is being able to pick more than one type of vehicle at a time. So instead of just picking a truck, you could pick Truck and SUV. So it would list them both at the same time and you wouldn't have to look at options seperately. Other than that great app easy to use with some great deals.
i have looked ay two cars in the past few days, and both were missing a number in the price. They were both obviously wrong, but I've discovered a few other mistakes as well. This has led to more work than i wanted during my intitial internet search. Fortunately there are other companies doing this same service more accurately. For the record, I didnt get ANY calls or e-mails from dealerships at all until i specifically requested one. I eas able ro browse without being bothered.
Love the idea, but it's been glitchy to the point of freezing entirely. Still rating 4/5 because it is not that the product is bad- just needs some tech resilience. Or maybe i caught the aftermath kf a big release with some bugs...My first 15 min of use were mostly me restarting it. I switched to mobile web, which works fine but is no substitute for a good app. One suggestion would be a little more consumer-user freedom to explore before casting myself into a lead generation pool.
I used to like this app until they changed it. Before you could save your search filters and save the cars you wanted to keep an eye on. All this with out having to add an email. Now you have to add an email and you can't save anything. Why would you give less features for signing up and updating your app not more?
I think overall this app is amazing The only thing that's frustrating is when you go to choose the options the one you want engine choices or options it'll let you but as soon as you accept it the standard options will show instead. For example I would choose the 6.2 engine as soon as I accepted it it showed on the screen the 5.3 engine the same for different trim levels it would do the same thing
This app has sunk so low, less than 1 star for me. The interface is odd and it locks you in to the inquiry phase of the process where your inundated with terrible offers via email and phone call. It used to be an option to contact sellers, now a requirement. I used to use the app as a running list of interests i could go back to and compare specs and pricing, that experience is ruined.
Do not sign up for this app unless you love unending text and email messages that will not stop no matter how many times you send STOP to the text number. I'm glad I unchecked the option for phone calls. UPDATE: It's worse than that. TrueCar apparently periodically changes the number the texts come from, just like any other spammer. Update 7-8; emailed as requested. No reply, and still being spammed from changing numbers as of today.
Selection of cars seems good, but the app itself is painful to use. Swiping through pictures doesn't work well and trying to "back out" of looking at a particular car often times won't do anything, then you hit it again and the app exits making you have to re-enter search criteria.
Very helpful when trying to research and purchase any type of vehicle
I love Truecar, but their website is way more user friendly and usable... In the app, I: - can't view car pics of favorited cars, instead it goes to a list of favorite cars - can't back out of a favorited car to my list of favorites, instead it shows a search for similar cars -have to actually find my list of favorite cars, it's not a very convenient navigation - am never sure if favoriting actually worked, I have to exit the app and load it again to double check
this app used to be good! this app is taking a dramatic turn for the worst. you need to go back to the old version! the new version sends out your information to all dealers for that make. old version you select you research before sending out your information. The new version sends out your contact information and then you spend days receiving phone calls emails and text messages.
App is slow and cumbersome to use. Sorting features change back to defaults when you view individual vehicles. CarFax info is often available on vehicles in list on the dealership's website but not on the app. Cannot see which dealership is offering the vehicle until after you click on "check availability" - to see if it is still for sale (found several that were already sold). That sends your contact info to the dealer and you get hounded with calls, emails and texts - when you are just looking
Horrible change in process! I bought a car with this app 2 years ago, came back to look into buying another car. Previously you could look at cars without being hassled, now in order to see the car details you have to give all of your contact information which is instantly given to any dealership with the car you are looking for. In 5 minutes I have received 20 emails, 6 texts and 3 phone calls. Go back to the way it used to be, I want this app in order to avoid being pestered by sales people!!!
5 stars for car education. I didn't know where to start for picking out the right car for me and i was able to see all the makes and models on the market in an easy to use app. You can see all the cares and compare visually and if one catches your eye you can expand on it and read up all about it
Love it! Helped me find the car I was looking, and the best thing you don't need to be looking into different websites looking for a car because this TrueCar search engine includes all others one, plus I will give you the price range of the Car, meaning if the seller is selling cheap, average, or expensive!
Giving 4 stars because for the longest the app kept crashing and I couldn't use it and it would be great if they incorporated free car fax like other apps, but other than that I like the layout of the app. I even bought by my first car (2019 Honda Civic ex) thanks to the discount that they offered, that discount is mainly why I chose to buy through them.
It's a really good app, but it could be better. Many of the cars have already been sold or the dealerships' prices may differ greatly from the prices shown on True Car. It's still definitely a good way to search for cars, this app/site has the most amount of cars compared to any other app/site.
Not even exaggerating this, I never signed up for an account, didn't give the app any permissions, no warning or long pages of terms and conditions for using the app that you have to agree to. Within 3 minutes of browsing the inventory on the app, I get a call from a dealer about the car I was looking at. Not ok with me
This app is great to get car info quickly. But it is too aggresive when you don't expect being contacted by dealer but your info has already been sent automatically while you are just looking through the car price and trim without contact permisson. Lots of dealer's call and email will come to you which is annoying.