# Car-Appraising Trucks Kagulu's 'Price Scanner' Provides Mobile Car Valuation Services By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2015-09-12 | Autos Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/car-valuation References: [prexamples](http://prexamples.com/2015/08/interactive-price-scanner-offer-free-and-fast-price-evaluation-for-used-cars/) & [kagulu](http://www.kagulu.com/about.php) As a newly founded company from Taiwan that helps people [buy and sell new cars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vehicle-transaction), Kagulu set up a neat way for drivers to get an [instant car valuation](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pricesnap). A 'Price Scanner' truck was sent out onto the streets with a gigantic screen connected to a camera that would capture the image of a car, identify the make, model and year and give an estimate on price on the spot. As well as providing a quote within seconds, the impressive Price Scanner also provided custom comments to the people it delivered quotes to, such as calling a child caught onscreen "too cute." Now that visits to car dealerships is on the decline, companies must seek inventive, convenient and quick ways to interact with consumers for automotive purchases and sales. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.1/10 - Popularity: 20% | Activity: 65% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Autos](https://www.trendhunter.com/autos) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Instant Car Valuation:** Developing mobile-based technologies to provide instant car valuations - **Innovative Customer Interactions:** Creating interactive and personalized customer experiences for automotive purchases and sales - **Mobile Appraisal Services:** Integrating mobile apps with image recognition technology to offer on-the-spot car appraisals ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Automotive:** Implementing disruptive technologies to revolutionize the automotive buying and selling process - **Mobile Technology:** Leveraging mobile devices and apps to enhance the car appraisal industry - **Retail:** Adapting retail strategies to cater to changing consumer preferences in automotive transactions ## Related on Trend Hunter - [GenAI Car Marketplace Ads](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/carro-surprisingly-short.md) - [Data-Driven Automotive Retailer Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/automotive-retailer.md) - [Car Recognition Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/carsnap.md) - [Car-Identifying Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/caridentifying.md) - [Seamless Automotive Shopping Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/awin-group-of-dealerships.md) - [Car Dealer-Targeted Software-As-A-Service Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/softwareasaservice-platform.md) - [Visual Price Discoveries](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pricesnap.md) - [Automotive Parking Lot Pop-Ups](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/parking-lot-pop-up.md) - [AI Haggling Marketplaces](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-garage-sale.md)