NEWS

BCA redesigns website

BCA is making it easier for consumers to buy at auction with a user-friendly redesign of its website. The free service is now easier to search through, helping potential buyers find cars of interest from BCA’s nationwide listings. It is powered by a new stock locator system, that allows criteria-defined searches of BCA auction stock. [...]

	Ford Cortina at BCA
BCA is to amaze car auction goers next week when it auctions off a classic Ford Cortina at Blackbushe. The car is a real star too, as it is the one off the BBC Culture Show TV programme. It’s starring as part of the Lex Autolease sale to be held on Monday. BCA tells us [...]

	Auction beats recession
BCA Nottingham last week recorded a £3.6 million prestige car auction spend in just a few hours of trading. This has led BCA director Tony Gannon to declare the recession a thing of the past – supported by the UK’s official emergence from recession after 18 months. The Top Car auction at Nottingham generated the [...]

	Manheim opens site
MANHEIM has held its first car auction at its new Bruntingthorpe super centre with a sale of 365 cars. The Lombard Vehicle Management sale made over £3.5 million and boasted an 80 percent conversion rate. Almost 300 buyers attended the old US Airforce base in Leicestershire, reports Manheim MD Mike Pilkington, with lots more taking [...]

	Manheim online boom
MANHEIM reports its Simulcast online auction service rocketed 85 percent and sold 25,000 cars in 2009. This came on the back of a 94 percent growth in car trade buyer log-ins, which saw the 100,000-mark broken. Total worth of these cars sold online? £200 million. Proof, said MD Mike Pilkington, that ‘the investment in Simulcast [...]

		Part exchange values fall
		PART exchange values at car auctions fell once again during December reports one car auction firm. However, they are still a hefty 25 percent higher than at the same point in 2008! Auction4cars says prices during the month were £174 down on November. This means the average part-exchange price stands at £2618 – which is [...]
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		Indy auction growth
		WILSONS Auctions is to double capacity at two UK complexes after big rises in sales conversions. The UK’s largest independent auction house, Wilson says the latest expansion is being driven by main agent part-exchange motors. £2m will be invested throughout 2010, and will create 20 new jobs. Sites in both Telford and Queensferry are to [...]
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		EVERY BCA sale still runs
		SNOW and ice may have brought the country to a standstill but it has not affected a single BCA sale. The car auction house has around 3000 cars on offer today. Sales are underway right now at Bedford, Blackbushe Commercials, Birmingham, Brighouse, Derby, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Measham Commercials, Newport, Preston and Walsall What’s more, every [...]
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		Aston Barclay rebrand
		ASTON Barclay has become England’s 3rd largest remarketing company after bringing together 3 family firms. Westbury, Chelmsford and Prees Heath Motor Auctions will all now be known as the Aston Barclay Group. They will help the firm achieve 60,000 sales per year. Aston Barclay is now aiming to further increase its share of the fleet, [...]
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		UK first for auction
		ONLINE access to ALL of its auctions across the UK will soon be offered by car auction house SMA. This will mean car dealer customers of the Scottish firm need never visit a ‘live’ car auction ever again. The move will, says SMA, set a UK-first precedent. Never before have customers been able to hook [...]
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		Car auction revolution?
		ONE UK auction house reckons the world of car auctions is set for fundamental change in the future. Motorpoint’s Auction4cars division suggests that the traditional days of selling through auctions ‘are numbered’. It believes that, instead of car dealers turning up to centralised auction halls, future car buying activity will be conducted online. And it [...]
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		Ferraris and Porsche up
		SUPERCARS such as Ferraris and Porsches are once again rising in value, according to findings from BCA. Rocketing demand at auctions is leading to frenzied bidding for the exotic motors. This indicates that buyers are once again returning to the sector – and prices are sharply on the up as a result. ‘Values for many [...]
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		Ferrari’s record price
		CAR dealers were among those helping set a world record HIGEST EVER price at a car auction! RM Auctions has just sold a 1957 Ferrari for a staggering £8 million! The auction was held in Italy this weekend. Car Dealer Magazine promised to bring you the results of the RM Auctions event… But even we [...]
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