Hyundai, Volvo, Mercedes take steps toward Internet car sales

Less than five minutes. That is how long it usually takes shoppers to buy a book on Amazon … or a new Hyundai online. Last November the South Korean carmaker formed a partnership with auto retailing entrepreneur Simon Dixon called Hyundai Rockar to sell cars in the UK via the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week in a pilot program that could be rolled out to other markets.