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Re:Google Car Search by aqme28 on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:08PM (#4873546)
Interesting that it defaults to Acura. I wonder if money is being exchanged over that.
Re:Google Car Search by avolcano on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:10PM (#4873562)
Erm, probably mostly has to do with Acura being first alphabetically on the list.
Re:Google Car Search by kirubakaran on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:09PM (#4873557)
It was Lexus for me. I figured it must be based on some insidious profiling.
Re:Google Car Search by sshconnection on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:57PM (#4873806)
It seems to be. Pulled up a cargo moving van for me, something I had recently searched for but have no interest in actually owning.
Re:Google Car Search by notatoad on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:16PM (#4873589)
from the bottom of the page:

>Our service is free to you but to operate this service, we are compensated by some of the providers.

Re:Google Car Search by thecosas on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:34PM (#4873703)
It's more than likely that manufacturers aren't too excited about this. They like having control over pricing and this removes that to some extent.

They go to great lengths in order to make sure individual dealers play by the same rules (compliance) for this very reason.

Re:Google Car Search by timwoj on Tuesday December 04, 2012 @05:10PM (#4873565)
Or it could just be that it's in alphabetical order, and defaults to the first one in the list.