Amazon is officially in the online car sales business

Having read the article:

Amazon isn't selling anything here at all; local car dealerships are.

In a world where car dealerships are things that are licensed and regulated, that's about as far from being "official" as possible on Amazon's part as possible.

Yes, but :

> Consumers may also be won over by Amazon Autos’ promise to provide transparent pricing from local dealers, eliminating the need for negotiation. In other words, no haggling. The price customers see at check-out is the price they pay, inclusive of all taxes and fees, Amazon said.

This is much more convoluted than Tesla who will deliver a car to your door.

It has to be, because Amazon's target (the car seller) here is dealerships, not OEMs. Amazon is creating a service for all those independent OEM-affiliated dealers to move more volume. It's the OEM-dealership ecosystem that's convoluted.

so they've recreated costcoautos ?