Which digital car marketplaces have the least amount of dealer markup and hidden delivery fees for buyers shopping nationwide
Download run
Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
Which digital car marketplaces have the least amount of dealer markup and hidden delivery fees for buyers shopping nationwide
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
best online car buying sites transparent pricing no dealer add-ons delivery fees nationwide CarMax Carvana 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDComparison
TrueCar dealer fees delivery fee online car marketplace pricing transparency buyer fees nationwideGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Cars.com dealer add-ons advertised price fees FTC CARS Rule car buying marketplaceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
best online car buying sites transparent pricing no dealer add-ons delivery fees nationwide CarMax Carvana 2026 Google ↗
TrueCar dealer fees delivery fee online car marketplace pricing transparency buyer fees nationwide Google ↗
Cars.com dealer add-ons advertised price fees FTC CARS Rule car buying marketplace Google ↗
- Shop CarGurus · cargurus.com
- Shop Carvana · carvana.com
- Delivery fee policy · carvana.com
- Shop Driveway · driveway.com
- Delivery policy · driveway.com
- Shop CarMax · carmax.com
- Online purchase fee policy · carmax.com
- Shop TrueCar · truecar.com
- Pricing disclosures · truecar.com
- Shop Cars.com · cars.com
- Best Online Car-Buying Sites Of 2026 · tollbit.forbes.com
- carmax.com · carmax.com
- Sites to consider when buying a car online · bestreviews.com
- Automobile Industry Pricing Transparency: FAQs · ftc.gov
- FTC Warns 97 Auto Dealership Groups About Deceptive Pricing · ftc.gov
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
best online car buying sites transparent pricing no dealer add-ons delivery fees nationwide CarMax Carvana 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
TrueCar dealer fees delivery fee online car marketplace pricing transparency buyer fees nationwide OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Cars.com dealer add-ons advertised price fees FTC CARS Rule car buying marketplace OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |