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Saturday, March 20th 2010

All the latest news from Manheim Auctions

Commercial vehicles sales strong in January

Manheim Auctions reports a very busy start to its light and heavy commercial vehicle sales in January despite challenges faced by buyers due to the inclement weather. In the first three weeks of the year auction halls experienced a 40% increase in physical and online buyer attendances compared with the previous month. Most notably, buyer [...]

BEN launches Fleet Disposal Contribution Plan

BEN has launched the Fleet Disposal Contribution Plan (FDCP), a scheme which sees rental and leasing fleets and major auction houses working together to raise funds for their industry charity. Vendors will sign up for the scheme through BEN, the participating auction house will collect the money (typically £1 per vehicle sold) and pass it to [...]

Used Van Prices Finish ‘09 On A High Say Manheim

The average wholesale used van prices increased by 0.3%  in December ‘09 compared with November ‘09 reports Manheim Auctions. Their latest monthly report, which analyses sales in the van market shows December ‘09 to be the tenth month in the year that average values have increased and the fifth month in a row. Compared with [...]

Manheim Reports Values Higher Now Than ‘06

Manheim’s latest Three-Year Market Analysis for Vans reports that the average selling price for a van was 4.0% (£127) higher than Q3 2006 but 10.7%  lower than Q3 2007, which was a record year. The volume of vans sold by Manheim has varied from quarter to quarter with the most notable variance occurring in Q2 [...]

Manheim, Gloucester Wins LeasePlan Award

Rob Mylchreest, LeasePlan UK’s Commercial Vehicle Disposals Manager, recently visited Manheim Auctions,Gloucester to present to them their quarter three van auction performance award in the form of an engraved cup. Manheim Auctions, Gloucester was the only LeasePlan auction centre to achieve Gold status in the quarter, with a score of 92%. It is also only [...]

Manheim, Mansfield Repays Investment With Record Sales

Manheim Auctions, the world’s largest automotive services company, is reaping the rewards of its investment in Manheim, Mansfield’s new commercial vehicle focus, which has already produced a new sales record this year. By the end of September a total of 1,620 vans, worth in excess of £4.2 million had been sold, more than the whole [...]

Manheim: Used 4×4 Pick-Ups Prices Pick Up By Almost 50%

Manheim Auction’s Market Analysis for Vans for August reports that average value of 4×4 pick-ups has hit £6,204, some 48.3%  higher than in February 2009. This also represented the highest recorded value for 4×4 pick-ups since Manheim began its monthly reporting in 2006 with the previous highest average monthly value recorded in September 2007 at [...]

Wholesale Van Prices Continue To Rise Report Manheim Auctions

Manheim Auctions’ latest monthly reports shows that the average wholesale used van sale price has increased by 5.9% in August compared with the previous month making this the sixth consecutive month this year that average values have increased. This is all the more surprising given that the average age has actually gone up by one [...]

Manheim: Wholesale Used Truck Values Show Recovery Signs

Manheim Auctions, the world’s largest automotive services company, have reported a marked sign of recovery for wholesale used truck values in their latest three year Market Analysis For Trucks report. The report shows that wholesale used truck values have risen by 5.5% (£231) to £4,397 in Q2 of 2009 following a fall of 14.2% (£690) [...]

Manheim Reports Healthy Used Van Market

Manheim Auctions’ latest monthly Van Market Analysis reports for July ‘09 average wholesale used van sale prices are down just 0.6% compared with the previous month. Although this is the second month in which average values have fallen following five consecutive month-on-month increases in average wholesale used van prices the falls are minimal. This latest [...]

Manheim Key To De-Fleet Success For Arval

Manheim, the world’s largest automotive services company, has shown its comprehensive remarketing proposition, which includes several value-added services, offers unrivalled support to its vendors, including a ‘key-for-key’ facility. One of its prominent customers to benefit from Manheim’s experience is Arval who has seen, over a period of four weeks more than 200 of its vans, [...]

Manheim Auctions Has Delivered For Royal Mail

Royal Mail has appointed Manheim Auctions, Saltash as one of its regional defleet auction centres. The Saltash centre will cover the South West of England. The decision was made after a trial of the defleet process culminating in a successful auction programme. Manheim’s Saltash auction centre will arrange the collection of vans directly from Royal Mail locations [...]

Manheim Claims Markets Are Bouncing Back

Manheim’s latest Market Analysis report shows a continued recovery in wholesale used car prices for February, following the very strong start to the market in January. This uplift in used car values in the first two months of 2009 has wiped out the downturn in wholesale prices seen in the last six months of 2008. With [...]

Manheim Auctions Wins New Three Year BMW Contract

Manheim Auctions has won a new contract with BMW for three years following the decision to split its used vehicle remarketing programme between Manheim and BCA. Manheim’s new contract includes the remarketing of up to 6,000 vehicles per annum from BMW UK, MINI UK and BMW Financial Services until the end of 2011. The auctions, to be held [...]

Manheim’s Mazda UK CyberAuction Is A Sell Out!

The recent Manheim CyberAuction, which was carried out on behalf of Mazda UK achieved a sell out rate. All 99 vehicles were snapped up by 60 Mazda dealers. Each of the 60 Mazda dealers logged into the electronic auction via the internet from the comfort of their own offices. Manheim claims the broad range of vehicles [...]

Manheim’s Market Analysis Shows An Increase of 5.5% In Used Van Prices In January

Manheim’s latest monthly Market Analysis has found that, at £2,676, the average wholesale used van sale price was up 5.5 per cent (£140) in January 2009 compared with December 2008 and is the first increase in average wholesale used van prices since September 2008. When compared with January 2008 average wholesale used van prices were down [...]

Cold Chain Appoints vrs To Remarket Lexus Lease Cars

Cold Chain Vehicle Solutions, the specialist provider of refrigerated transportation for food stuffs and medical supplies, has appointed vrs, which is part of the Manheim Group, to remarket Lexus cars from its fleet of lease vehicles. The first batch of Lexus IS 220ds is coming off service now and will be sold by vrs directly into Lexus [...]

New Manheim Van Supercentre For Haydock

Manheim Auctions has confirmed that it will open another Van Supercentre in Haydock in April. Tim Spencer, regional CV manager and group auctioneer said, “This is part of our commitment to the van used van market. The Haydock site will be our fourth Van Supercentre.  With four auction lanes, it will able to sell four vans [...]

Manheim Auctions Witness Surge In Used Car Demand And Prices

Manheim Auctions latest Market Analysis for the first month of 2009 reports a significant increase in used car activity following the Christmas break. Demand and prices have soared beyond the level of any normal seasonal uplift, with record numbers of buyers in the wholesale market fighting over stock. The average wholesale used car selling price was [...]

Manheim Auctions Takes Sole Ownership of Glasgow Auction Centre

Manheim, one of the world’s largest and most successful vehicle remarketing company and Has announced that it has taken 100 per cent ownership of the Glasgow Auction Centre. Manheim Auctions, in Glasgow held a launch event week last week to mark the beginning of a new era for the company in Scotland following the recent transition to [...]

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