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Shift sells up to 12-year-old cars whereas Vroom caps at four

George Arison · EP 367: $94M Raised, Car Marketplace, 270 Employees with George Arison of Shift · Jul 26, 2016 · at 9:18

George Arison, CEO of Shift, compares Shift's vehicle inventory age range against competitor Vroom's e-commerce inventory.

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“When you look at our inventory we have cars that are anywhere from zero to you know, 12 years in age, whereas Vroom only has cars that are roughly, you know, zero to four years in age because if there's no test drive involved, it's kind of hard to convince somebody to buy a car that's seven or eight years old”

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The claim, plainly

As of July 2016, Shift's car inventory includes vehicles from 0 to 12 years old, whereas Vroom's inventory only includes vehicles roughly 0 to 4 years old.

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Assessment

Both legs of the claim are corroborated by historical industry data and corporate disclosures. As of July 2016, Shift Technologies operated a concierge marketplace model accommodating vehicles spanning up to 10 to 12 years old (model years back to circa 2004), later formalizing older vehicles (over 8 years) under its 'Shift Value' line. Concurrently, Vroom focused on purchasing, reconditioning, and retailing late-model, off-lease vehicles predominantly restricted to 0 to 3–4 years of age (model years ~2012–2016), as reflected in retail tracking reports from iSeeCars and program criteria from its June 2016 partnership with eBay Motors.

SEC filings and Forbes reporting confirm Shift historically listed vehicles spanning up to 10–12 years in age (back to ~2004 model years).
Industry analyses from iSeeCars and June 2016 program criteria confirm Vroom's direct retail inventory was heavily concentrated in late-model vehicles 0 to 3–4 years old (~2012–2016 model years).

Checked against

[1] sec.gov [2] sec.gov [3] forbes.com [4] sec.gov [5] consumerguide.com [6] calcalistech.com [7] iseecars.com [8] withclutch-stickers.com

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