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Vroom and Texas Direct generated about $900M in revenue in 2015
“So our combined business, because we also acquired another company called Texas Direct, is about nine hundred million in revenue in 2015.”
Online car retailers must operate at Amazon-like high volumes to succeed
“Most dealers are small cash rich businesses that are local because of the franchise law. So they sell a 102 102 hundred cars, you know, we're selling more than that, but way more than that in order to be successful, you know, we need to be kind of a high volum…”
Vroom sold close to 5,000 vehicles in December 2015 alone
“In December alone, we sold close to 5000 vehicles.”
Vroom's average vehicle price point is nearly $30,000
“So, the average price point is nearly 30,000 dollars.”
Vroom raised $95M to fund the Texas Direct Auto acquisition
“In conjunction with this, we raised you know, an additional ninety-five million dollars from investors.”
Vroom prices cars below market to maximize inventory turnover
“We sell cars below market prices because we want to turn them quickly.”
Texas Direct generated more revenue than Vroom prior to the acquisition
“They were larger than us. We're not breaking that down, but they were larger than us.”