{"id":340962,"date":"2017-05-15T23:59:23","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T15:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1490239"},"modified":"2017-05-15T23:59:23","modified_gmt":"2017-05-15T15:59:23","slug":"singapore-gets-a-gigantic-vending-machine-for-buying-luxury-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/singapore-gets-a-gigantic-vending-machine-for-buying-luxury-cars\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore gets a gigantic \u2018vending machine\u2019 for buying luxury cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Singapore is a country known worldwide for both a very high\u00a0cost of living and limited real estate space \u2014 that combination makes it hard to imagine a better location for a gigantic vending machine that spits out luxury\u00a0cars.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s right, folks.\u00a0Autobahn Motors<\/a>, a company that started out selling used vehicles in conventional showrooms, recently opened a 15-story building in Singapore that looks like a real-life kid\u2019s toy box hidden inside the Southeast Asian city-state.<\/p>\n

The structure can hold up to 60 high-end\u00a0vehicles \u2014 it includes cars from Ferrari, Bentley and Porsche \u2014 which can be purchased by customers who visit the location.<\/p>\n

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    Rather than a regular sales process, visitors to the Autobahn Motors\u2019 site complete their purchase via a tablet device and customized app. Their car will be delivered to them within two minutes of\u00a0their payment thanks to a unique \u2018fishbone\u2019 delivery system that Covered.Asia experienced<\/a>\u00a0in a pre-launch demo last year.<\/p>\n

    \u201cWe needed to meet our requirement of storing a lot of cars. At the same time, we wanted to be creative and innovative,\u201d\u00a0Gary Hong, general manager at Autobahn Motors, explained to Reuters in a recent interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    This approach has been adopted for inner city parking in many parts of the world, and there is one similar concept for car sales in the U.S.<\/a> via Carvana \u2014 which recently went public<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    It\u2019s a pretty crazy system that looks like a concept, but it is absolutely real.\u00a0You can find the Singapore-based building for yourself on Google Maps Street View here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    Images via\u00a0Autobahn Motors \/ Facebook<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \"\" Singapore is a country known worldwide for both a very high\u00a0cost of living and limited real estate space — that combination makes it hard to imagine a better location for a gigantic vending machine that spits out luxury\u00a0cars.
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