Thanks to used-car website Carvana, it is now possible to buy your own set of wheels at the touch of a button, from the world’s first and only coin-operated car vending machine in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s quick, it’s easy, and it’s err… not cheap, but cheaper than buying a car the old fashioned way.
多虧二手車網(wǎng)站Carvana的研究，世界上第一臺也是唯一一臺汽車投幣販賣機(jī)才能在美國田納西州的納什維爾問世。顧客只需輕觸一個(gè)按鈕就能買輛車！這樣又便捷又簡單，當(dāng)然……也不便宜，但起碼比傳統(tǒng)買車方式便宜。

The company has been working on the concept for the past two years – their original car vending machine was installed in Atlanta in 2013. But they’ve spent time on improving the design, in order to take user experience to the next level. “Our new Vending Machine is a state-of-the-art, multi-story structure that delivers our customers’ cars by merely inserting a custom coin,” said Carvana CEO Ernie Garcia.
過去兩年中，這家公司一直向著這種理念前行。2013年，他們制出了最早的汽車販賣機(jī)，設(shè)在亞特蘭大。但他們一直致力于改善設(shè)計(jì)，提升用戶體驗(yàn)度。Carvana的首席執(zhí)行官恩爾尼·加西亞說道：“新型汽車販賣機(jī)使用了最先進(jìn)的技術(shù)，只要投一枚定制錢幣，販賣機(jī)的多層結(jié)構(gòu)就能為顧客‘吐’出一輛車?！?/p>

The machine consists of a five-story glass tower that can hold up to 20 cars at a time. Inside the tower are a ‘welcome center’, an automated delivery system, and three delivery bays. The tower basically serves as a pickup point for used cars that customers purchase through the website, enabling competitive pricing and eliminating delivery costs.
販賣機(jī)內(nèi)含五層玻璃塔，最多可同時(shí)存放20輛汽車。塔內(nèi)有一個(gè)“接待中心”、一套自動配送系統(tǒng)和三個(gè)配送架。顧客需通過網(wǎng)絡(luò)購買二手車，而玻璃塔基本只起到提車處的作用，這樣能使報(bào)價(jià)更具優(yōu)勢，還節(jié)省了配送費(fèi)。

Clients can access a long list of specifications, ratings, reviews, and lots of other details about the cars they’re interested in on the Carvana website. They even get virtual tours that point out every nick and scratch on the body of the car. Once the car is chosen and paid for, the company usually delivers the car to the customer for a seven-day trial period. This usually means that the delivery costs are worked into the price of the vehicle.
顧客可以在Carvana網(wǎng)站上查詢心儀汽車的諸多信息，比如各項(xiàng)規(guī)格、評分、點(diǎn)評以及其它細(xì)節(jié)信息。顧客還能來個(gè)虛擬瀏覽，就連車身上的一絲劃痕都清晰可見。顧客一旦下單付款，Carvana就會將車運(yùn)給顧客試用七天。這意味著配送費(fèi)是包含在汽車價(jià)格內(nèi)的。

But with the Vending Machine, customers are able to go pick up their cars straight away. It’s a win-win model that allows Carvana to cut down on staff and overhead, and save customers about $2,000 as well. According to the company, it also makes for a great buying experience – placing an oversized coin in a slot and watching their car roll down automatically.
但汽車販賣機(jī)可以讓顧客直接提車，實(shí)現(xiàn)雙贏，因?yàn)樗冉oCarvana減少了員工和管理開支，又為顧客省下將近2000美元（約1.2萬人民幣）。Carvana表示，汽車販賣機(jī)還給顧客帶來了絕佳的購買體驗(yàn)——往投幣口投一個(gè)巨大的硬幣，就能出來一輛車。

“Carvana’s mission is to create a better way to buy a car, and this new Vending Machine will be a one-of-a-kind experience that mirrors just how simple and easy we’ve made it to buy a car online,” Garcia said. He added that the company plans to build more car vending machines in the future.
加西亞說道：“Carvana的目的是創(chuàng)出一個(gè)更好的買車方式。汽車販賣機(jī)不僅能給顧客帶來獨(dú)一無二的體驗(yàn)，還能展現(xiàn)網(wǎng)上購車的簡單易行?！彼a(bǔ)充說，公司計(jì)劃未來建造更多的汽車販賣機(jī)。

Oh and in case you’re wondering, no, you can’t shake it to get a car for free.
哦，對了，別瞎想了！搖搖販賣機(jī)是掉不出來車的。

Vocabulary

nick: 刻痕；缺口
overhead: 間接費(fèi)用；管理費(fèi)

英文來源：odditycentral
譯者：許楠楠
審校&編輯：丹妮