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And on that note... TrueCar missed it's financial goals this Q:

http://www.autonews.com/article/20150723/RETAIL/150729932/truecar-calls-second-quarter-a-wake-up-call


There is a MOUNTAIN of insights from the TrueCar experiment.


Problem:

"Revenues and profits will fall short essentially because fewer consumers bought cars through TrueCar in the second quarter."


Why?:

“We had a lot of prospects this quarter... We had enough to hit our numbers, we believe; we just didn’t close enough."


What's wrong?

 "we have to invest more in the [TrueCar] experience to turn those prospects into unit sales.”


Ouch.  The TrueCar model is weaker than expected.  No PR can fix this.  This maybe Scott Painter's greatest test ever.