Mercedes-Benz dealerships to start using Apple iPad to kick off sales process

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The Apple iPad is taking over the world, okay we’re just kidding. However, soon it will be taking over Mercedes-Benz dealerships. The automaker will be putting iPads in 40 of its dealerships with the company’s MB Advantage application that will allow dealers to answer a customer’s financial questions and kick off the purchasing process.

“We wanted to bring the mobile revolution into the dealership,” Andreas Hinrichs, vice president of marketing, told The Wall Street Journal. “The iPad is consumer centric but there is a business side to it as well.”

Using the MB Advantage app, the sales staff will be able to start the loan application right from the iPad. Mercedes-Benz says that employees may also use the iPad to help customers return a leased vehicle by entering the condition of the car.

Hey, it beats sitting in a boring chair and desk.

– By: Kap Shah

Source: WSJ