How to book a car during lockdown: Hyundai Creta, Vitara Brezza, Honda Amaze & more available online

The nationwide lockdown holding people into their homes is drawing closer to an official end on 17 May but even so, we all know by now that life will not resume to absolute normalcy just as yet. Consumer behaviours and patterns will have changed by the end of the lockdown and a lot of us will not want to visit a showroom if we do plan to buy a car. Automobile manufacturers understand these aspects and hence several have already launched digital platforms to book a car or test drive it or have it delivered at home through contactless proceedings. Maruti Suzuki , Hyundai , Mahindra , Tata Motors , Volkswagen , Audi , BMW and others have all introduced their online marketplaces for cars. Maruti Suzuki has put in place a comprehensive standard operating procedure across its sales outlets and bolstered its online-booking system for vehicle purchases. In January 2020, Hyundai had launched a ‘Click to Buy’ in a pilot phase with a few dealers of Delhi-NCR region and the same has now been extended across India. The company said that all its models including the all-new Creta and Verna are available on ‘Click to Buy’ website that serves as an additional sales channel for Hyundai Dealerships. Like several other companies that started online bookings by the end of April, Mercedes-Benz India joined the bandwagon with Merc From Home. This just in, Audi India has also commenced its new digitised sales platform which makes use of the latest form of Augmented Reality technology. It features a full 360° Product Visualiser and customers can book their model of choice from the Audi India website.