The virtual showroom
There was one exception to the lack of IT, though - The Virtual Showroom, launched at the Motor Show this week. This is simply one of the best uses of the web I have ever seen. If it isn't a success, it can only be down to arriving a little early for the mass market; the idea itself is great. Although Virtual Showroom has information on new cars and dealers, the heart of the system is the used car database. This uses an impressively fast system to retrieve information on cars that match your particular requirements. You can be as specific as you like - make, model, amount you want to pay and more: the only odd omission is year. The database will then return information about likely matches.