Yes, you can buy a car on Amazon. Amazon Autos launched in December 2024 with new Hyundai models, and as of October 2026 it lists new, used, and certified pre-owned vehicles from more than 1,000 participating dealers in over 130 U.S. cities, according to Amazon’s own buying guide. You choose the car, arrange financing, and sign most of the paperwork online, then collect the car at the selling dealership.
The catch is that Amazon only sells cars from dealers within 75 miles of your ZIP code, and it does not deliver to your driveway. This Amazon Autos review explains how Amazon car buying works step by step, what it costs, the return policy, and what to do when the car you want is outside that radius. SAKAEM Logistics is an auto transport broker, and about 43% of the shipments we arrange are vehicle purchases, roughly 80% of them from dealerships (SAKAEM dispatch data, September 2026). If a dealer sale ever involves shipping, check that the broker or carrier is registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration before you book.
Key Takeaways
- Amazon Autos is a storefront, not a dealer: the car, the price, and the sales contract all come from a local dealership that sells through Amazon.
- As of October 2026, new cars come from 10 brands (Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Mazda, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Jeep, Dodge, and Ram), plus used and certified pre-owned cars.
- Used and certified pre-owned cars carry a 3-day or 300-mile return policy, but new cars bought through Amazon Autos have no return window.
- Amazon only sells cars within a 75-mile radius of your ZIP code, so a car from farther away has to be bought directly from that dealer or through another marketplace.
Can You Buy a Car on Amazon? What Amazon Autos Is
Amazon Autos is Amazon’s online car-shopping storefront, where participating U.S. dealerships list vehicles that buyers can reserve, finance, and purchase online before collecting them in person. Amazon does not own the cars. Each listing belongs to a dealer, and the legal sales contract is between you and that dealer under your state’s laws.
The program started on December 10, 2024, with new Hyundai vehicles in 48 cities, as GeekWire reported at launch. It added used and certified pre-owned listings in 2025, starting with Hyundai dealers in Los Angeles, and in August 2025 Hertz Car Sales became its first fleet seller, according to Digital Commerce 360. More automakers have joined since. Hyundai has said it expects Amazon Autos to expand outside the U.S. as early as 2027, according to CBT News.
What you can buy on Amazon Autos, as listed by Amazon in October 2026:
| Vehicle type | Brands or sources | Coverage |
|---|---|---|
| New | Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Mazda, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Jeep, Dodge, Ram | Manufacturer’s new-car warranty |
| Certified pre-owned | Hyundai, Ford (Ford Blue Advantage) | Brand CPO warranty plus Amazon’s return policy |
| Used | Participating dealers’ used inventory and Hertz | 30-day or 1,000-mile limited warranty minimum |
Used and certified pre-owned cars listed on Amazon Autos must be 10 years old or newer with 100,000 miles or fewer, according to Amazon’s dealer enrollment page. Brands and cities change often, so check the Amazon Autos site for what is available near you.
How Does Amazon Autos Work?
Buying a car on Amazon follows six steps, and only the last one happens at the dealership. The whole process can be finished in a few days if the car is in stock.
Search Inventory
Enter your ZIP code and Amazon shows cars from participating dealers within 75 miles. You can filter by make, model, price, and features, the same way you would filter any other Amazon product. Used and certified pre-owned listings include a vehicle history report.
Compare Features and Prices
Each listing shows an upfront price set by the dealer, and the costs are itemized so you can see the vehicle price, taxes, fees, and any add-ons. That breakdown is the point most buyers praise in their Amazon Autos reviews, because it puts the full price on screen before you talk to anyone.
Choose How to Pay
You can pay cash, finance, or lease. For financing, Amazon shows personalized offers from several lending partners, and you can compare them side by side. Check the APR, loan term, and total cost of each offer, not just the monthly payment, and compare them with a quote from your own bank or credit union before you accept one.
Trade In Your Current Vehicle (Optional)
Enter your current car’s details to get a trade-in valuation, which is applied to the purchase. Treat it as an estimate until the dealer confirms the number in your contract, and describe the car’s condition accurately so the figure holds.
Place Your Order and Sign
Placing the order locks in the car and lets you schedule pickup. You review the contract and financing documents online, and any paperwork that requires a physical signature is finished at the dealership.
Pick Up the Car at the Dealership
You schedule a pickup appointment, and Amazon asks buyers to visit the dealership within 3 days of ordering. Dealerships also offer test drives before you finalize the purchase. Amazon does not offer home delivery.
Cost to Buy a Car on Amazon
Amazon charges buyers no transaction fees or commissions, so the cost of buying a car on Amazon is the dealer’s listed price plus the same taxes and fees you would pay at that dealership in person. Each car has an upfront price set by the dealer, and there is no back-and-forth negotiation in Amazon’s checkout.
| Cost item | Who sets it | What to check |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle price | Dealer | Compare with the same model at other local dealers |
| Amazon fee | Amazon | $0 for buyers |
| Dealer documentation fee | Dealer, capped by law in some states | Included in Amazon’s itemized price |
| Sales tax | Your state and locality | Based on where you register the car |
| Title and registration | Your state | Usually collected by the dealer |
| Protection plans and add-ons | Dealer, optional | You can decline them |
No-haggle pricing cuts both ways. A buyer featured by Motor1 said her car was cheaper on Amazon than at a dealership, while a CarEdge analyst argues that fixed online prices protect dealer margins and can cost confident negotiators money. The practical answer is to check the Amazon price against other dealers’ listings for the same trim before you order.
Can You Sell Your Car on Amazon?
Not on its own. Amazon Autos does not offer a way to sell a car without buying one. The only option it describes is trading in your current car toward a vehicle you buy on the platform, and that deal is completed with the selling dealer.
Amazon charges no fee for the trade-in, but the value you receive is what the dealer agrees to in your contract. Trade-in offers are usually lower than a private sale and sometimes lower than an instant offer from a car-buying service, so get at least one outside offer to compare. Our guide on selling your car to CarMax explains how instant offers work.
Pros of Amazon Autos
Our Amazon Autos review comes down to fit: the platform works best for buyers who already know the model they want and would rather skip dealership negotiation. For those buyers, Amazon car buying removes most of the slow parts of a dealership visit. Its main strengths:
- An itemized, upfront price you can see before talking to a salesperson
- Financing offers from several lenders compared in one place
- Most paperwork signed online, so the dealership visit is short
- A 3-day or 300-mile return policy on used and certified pre-owned cars, backed by Amazon, which most traditional dealers do not offer
- No Amazon fee, and you are not committed until the paperwork is signed
Amazon Autos Drawbacks
Amazon Autos is not the right fit for every buyer, and its limits are mostly about reach and flexibility. Most of them come from the fact that every sale is still a local dealer sale. The main drawbacks:
- Only cars from dealers within 75 miles of your ZIP code can be bought
- No home delivery: every car is collected at the dealership
- No back-and-forth price negotiation in the online checkout
- New cars have no return window once you sign
- Only dealers’ listed inventory is sold, with no custom factory orders
- Coverage depends on which dealers in your area participate
If you enjoy negotiating, want a custom-ordered car, or live outside the covered cities, a traditional dealer or a wider marketplace will serve you better. Our ranking of the best used car websites compares the alternatives.
What’s Amazon Autos’ Return Policy?
Used and certified pre-owned vehicles bought through Amazon Autos can be returned within 3 days or 300 miles of driving, whichever comes first, according to Amazon’s buying guide. Used and certified pre-owned cars also come with at least a 30-day or 1,000-mile limited warranty. Amazon notes that the return policy may vary in certain states.
New vehicles are not covered by the return policy. They carry the manufacturer’s new-car warranty, but once you sign, the sale is final. That matters because federal law does not require dealers to give you three days to cancel a car purchase, and only some states require a right to cancel, as the Federal Trade Commission explains.
How Amazon Autos compares with the other ways to buy a car online, as of October 2026:
| Amazon Autos | Carvana | CarMax | Traditional dealer | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who sells the car | Local dealer | Carvana | CarMax | Dealer |
| Price negotiation | No, upfront dealer price | No | No | Yes |
| Return window | 3 days or 300 miles (used and CPO only) | 7 days or 400 miles | 10 days, with a mileage limit | Usually none, unless the dealer or state law provides one |
| How you get the car | Pick up at dealer | Home delivery or vending machine | Pick up at store | Pick up at dealer |
| Where you can buy | Dealers within 75 miles | Nationwide | Nationwide, with transfer fees | One dealer |
| Buyer fee to the platform | None | Delivery fee in some markets | Transfer fee on distant cars | None |
Amazon Autos is the only option in the table limited to local dealers, which is its biggest difference from Carvana and CarMax. For more detail on the alternatives, see our Carvana review and our guide to buying a car from CarMax.
Buying a Car Beyond Amazon Autos’ Local Inventory
Amazon Autos only sells cars within a 75-mile sales radius of the buyer, so it cannot sell you a car from a dealer in another region, and hiring a shipper does not change that. If the trim you want is only in stock far away, or you are buying a car for a family member in another state, you buy it directly from that dealership or through a nationwide marketplace, then arrange to get it home.
You have three ways to do that. You can travel to the dealership and drive the car home, which costs a flight or long drive plus fuel, hotel, and miles on the car. You can ask the dealer to arrange delivery, which some dealers do for remote buyers. Or you can arrange shipping yourself and have the car released to a carrier at the dealership.
In our experience, both setups happen with dealer sales to remote buyers: sometimes the dealer books and pays for the shipment, and sometimes the buyer does. Shipping can also follow a local Amazon Autos purchase, for example when a parent buys a car near home for a student in another state, or a buyer moves soon after the sale. SAKAEM has shipped cars bought online from dealers in both situations, though Amazon Autos purchases are still a small share. Either way, ask the dealer before you order whether it will release the car to a carrier.
What it typically costs to ship a car from the brands sold on Amazon Autos, from SAKAEM’s own orders. These figures cover SAKAEM shipments of those brands, not only cars bought through Amazon Autos:
| Distance | Completed shipments | Median price | Middle half of prices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 300 miles | 140 | $600 | $500 to $775 |
| 300 to 700 miles | 434 | $825 | $700 to $975 |
| 700 to 1,200 miles | 365 | $1,100 | $950 to $1,300 |
| 1,200 to 1,800 miles | 333 | $1,350 | $1,139 to $1,628 |
| 1,800 miles or more | 316 | $1,650 | $1,400 to $1,950 |
Source: SAKAEM Logistics completed single-vehicle orders, November 2025 to October 2026, for Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Mazda, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Jeep, Dodge, Ram, and Ford vehicles shipped within the lower 48 states. Distances are approximate, measured between state centers, and each figure is the price the customer paid for a single vehicle.
The carrier needs the VIN, the dealership’s hours, and any release paperwork the dealer requires. SAKAEM tells you the name of the carrier company so the dealer releases the car only to that carrier, and pickup typically happens within 1 to 3 business days of booking. Our online car buyer shipping page explains the process, and our guide to buying a car out of state covers taxes, registration, and inspections when the car crosses state lines.
The Bottom Line
You can buy a car on Amazon, and for a buyer who knows the model they want, Amazon Autos offers clear pricing, online financing, and a short dealership visit. It is still a dealer sale with dealer prices, no negotiation, and no return window on new cars, so compare the price with other local listings first. When the best car is in another region, you will buy it outside Amazon, so factor in the cost of getting it home. SAKAEM Logistics has arranged vehicle shipments since 2017 as a licensed auto transport broker (MC 16237), with a 4.6-star rating across 600+ Google reviews. Get a free car shipping quote to compare that cost before you commit.
Amazon Autos FAQ
Can you buy a car on Amazon?
Yes. Amazon Autos lets you buy new, used, and certified pre-owned cars from participating dealers in more than 130 U.S. cities as of October 2026. You shop, finance, and sign online, then collect the car at the dealership.
Can you negotiate the price of a car on Amazon Autos?
Not in the usual way. Amazon Autos shows an upfront price set by the dealer, with no back-and-forth negotiation during checkout. You can still compare the Amazon price, financing offers, and trade-in valuation with other dealers and lenders before you buy.
Are cars on Amazon Autos cheaper than at traditional dealerships?
Not necessarily. Amazon charges no fee, but the price is set by the same dealer you could visit in person, so it may be higher or lower than a price you could negotiate. Compare the same trim at nearby dealers before you order.
Can you have a car purchased through Amazon Autos shipped to your home?
Amazon does not offer home delivery, and cars are collected at the dealership. If you need the car moved after the purchase, for example to another state, some dealers will release it to an auto transport carrier, so ask before you order.
What brands can you buy on Amazon Autos?
As of October 2026, new cars come from Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Mazda, Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, Jeep, Dodge, and Ram. Certified pre-owned cars come from Hyundai and Ford, and used cars come from participating dealers and Hertz.
What is the Amazon Autos return policy?
Used and certified pre-owned cars can be returned within 3 days or 300 miles, whichever comes first. New cars cannot be returned once you sign.
Can you trade in a car on Amazon Autos?
Yes. You enter your car’s details for a valuation, and the final figure is the one in your dealer contract. Amazon Autos does not offer a way to sell a car without buying one.
Can you lease a car on Amazon?
Yes. Amazon Autos lets you lease, finance through several lending partners, or pay in full.
Is Amazon Autos available in my area?
Amazon Autos sells cars from participating dealers within 75 miles of your ZIP code, and coverage varies by city. Enter your ZIP code on the Amazon Autos site to see what is available.
Is buying a car through Amazon Autos worth it?
Amazon car buying is worth it if you know the model you want, value upfront pricing, and want a short dealership visit. It is less useful if you like to negotiate, want a custom order, or need a car from outside your area.
