News is going viral that within the next month General Motors will release an online platform to market and sell their used-car inventory. You may not think this is the first of it’s kind, but they have further released news about the additional features that will be offered to customers. AutoRemarketing states that some of those features include bumper-to-bumper warranties, flexible exchange programs, and bonus features added to the car itself such as an OnStar Guidance Plan, roadside assistance and satellite radio packages. General Motors also issued car history reports readily available to customers and a vast amount of information varying from numerous pictures of the car to how quickly the car can be available for delivery. This program has acquired highly acclaimed reviews by associates at Kelley Blue Book and is gaining interest by the day.
In addition, General Motors is releasing a car-sharing service to different demographics throughout the nation. This will enable a customer to acquire personal mobility at their convenience on their smart phone, just like Uber or Lyft would, but without the additional service of a driver. The service will not be recognized as General Motors. Rather, it will be defined under a new identity brand named Maven. As mentioned by AutoRemarketing, this is a new start up in the industry and there are countless competing ideas and services being brought to the public each and every day. With this being said, take into consideration how millennials are approaching the automotive industry as it comes time for them to get behind the wheel.
It is becoming more prevalent that there are major differences among baby boomers and millennials on their views about common life occurrences. Take Harley Davidson, for example. Harley Davidson Motorcycles are struggling to remarket to millennials because their current target, which is baby boomers, has defined their brand as a desired, edgy lifestyle. This fad did not catch on as easily as it once did and is drastically declining revenue. Another lifestyle difference between baby boomers and millennials is the first car buying experience. Millennials are not seeing this occurrence of buying your first car as something to symbolize their freedom or holding enough importance to strike-up a conversation about. Rather, this experience is 
becoming passing small talk as told by AutoRemarketing.
With this being said, millennials will steer more towards General Motors’ upcoming programs because they coincide with millennials’ needs of postponing the initial “first car experience” with car-sharing and dimming the excitement with used-car buying online. With millennials being targeted by mass media now more than ever before, should more companies start looking with the same social approach as General Motors? Have you ever considered the online aspect of your company? MyDealerOnline may have you covered.
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