Tred

A better way to buy cars:

Putting up with unctuous, commission-crazed salespeople when buying a new car could become a relic. Seattle-based startup Tred brings new cars to your home or office for test-drives and online purchase, without ever visiting a dealership showroom... Tred makes it so that you can research, choose, and test drive from the comfort of your couch.

Here’s how it works. You go to Tred’s website or iPad app to research and select several cars you want to test drive at a place of your choosing. Tred staffers, not car dealership salespeople, then deliver your pick of cars... If Tred comes to your house, you can see how the cars fit in your garage, handle on the roads you drive every day, and if they can easily accommodate your twins’ car seats. You can also do side-by-side comparisons of different manufacturers’ cars, something most car dealerships aren’t set up to handle.

Wired

I think this is genius. And it is going to take off in a big way.