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BMW adds "Nationwide" for available inventory search!
Many people have complained about the fact that the BMW USA website had limited you to a 100 mile radius for inventory searches. I was just checking something out for a friend and noticed they just added "Nationwide" to their search engine.
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10-05-2021, 06:42 PM | #2 |
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I don't get the "Nationwide" option.
Still limited to a max of 100 miles.
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Doesn’t work for me either.
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Maybe it is based on state or regional shortages?
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10-05-2021, 09:49 PM | #5 |
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I even used your Zip Code and didn't get Nationwide. What URL did you use?
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I then closed my browser and tried doing a search both logged out and logged into my BMW account and was also unsuccessful. I don't believe that this was a glitch, perhaps their web department was testing the feature but it did exist. When I took that screenshot I was able to search for cars as far away as California and my zip code is in Florida. |
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Let us know if "Nationwide" every comes back.
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100 miles seems like a strange distance to limit you to as in some parts of the country 100 miles is the distance from one cactus to another. If it appears against I will definitely post the information. |
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So. I noticed searches for used cars I get the "Nationwide," but for NEW cars, no Nationwide shows up.
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I just double checked and also see a "Nationwide" option in the search engine for used cars but when I switched the search to new cars I was once again limited to a 100 mile radius. .
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So I think I have the answer as to why a "Nationwide" search is not available for new inventory. My contact at BMW's Customer Experience Team called me back yesterday because I asked why the "Nationwide" search was not available. Based on what I was told during the call the "Dealer's Council" told the national sales team at BMW that they wanted the search distance limited so that other dealers would not be able to advertise their new inventory to the local dealer's customers.
That being said, if you walked into a dealer more than 100 miles away you could still buy a new car. You could buy a car anywhere in the US you wanted to. I asked why it was "Nationwide" for the used cars and apparently the answer was that with all of the private used car dealers around they considered it a different type of issue. |
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Sounds reasonable.
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