Auction sale price?

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Tue 7 Mar 2006 12:55
Auction sale price? - MoodyGit
Any ideas how I can find out what a particular car would be likely to sell for at a BCA auction?

I currnetly have a personal lease car which I presume will be sent to auction when it is de-hired in July.

I emailed BCA asking how much it's likely to sell for but they said it's impossible to tell this far away :-(

I just need a rough idea to the nearest £1k

If a car has a dealer forecourt value of say £14k how much would it have been sold in auction for?


I have a buy back price from the lease company but it is more than I'm willing to spend.


I hope this made some sense!

Thanks
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Tue 7 Mar 2006 13:38
Auction sale price? - CJay{P}
Yes, it impossible to predict exact prices. After all it is an auction.

Tell us what the car is, year, plate, milage, manual/auto, and whether it has leather or not and we will hopefully do a good job of 'predicting'. If it is a post sep 2001 BMW 3 series, I can do a fairly good job of predicting.
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Tue 7 Mar 2006 13:47
Auction sale price? - massey
A Rough guide here.

look for the trade price


www.whatcar.co.uk/valuations.aspx


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Tue 7 Mar 2006 13:49
Auction sale price? - pd
If it is in good condition it will probably got for 5% within the CAP price which tracks lease disposals at auction.

Have a look on the AA website and look at the trade in price for good condition and knock off about 8% to give you a rough figure. Alternatively, post the car details here and I'm somebody will advise.
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Wed 8 Mar 2006 14:36
Auction sale price? - MoodyGit
Thanks for the links

According to What Car, trade value is £12,695 now so I supose that would have dropped about £400 or so by July.

Rather worrying is the review - it has several errors which makes me wonder how accurate the reviews are for cars that I DON'T know about!
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Wed 8 Mar 2006 14:45
Auction sale price? - massey
What year,make, model, mileage, colour is it?

Somecars make over trade' price and some make much less.

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Wed 8 Mar 2006 15:39
Auction sale price? - MoodyGit
Okey doke:

2004 (first registered July 2004)
Mitsubishi
Shogun Sport 2.5TD Equippe
Probably about 25k miles by July
Black (all black - not two-tone)
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Thu 9 Mar 2006 17:35
Auction sale price? - massey
Not as sought after vehicle compared to its bigger sister the Shogun 3.2 diesel.

As a result would probably would sell 'behind' trade book price at auction. Unless 2 bidders really wants one?
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Fri 10 Mar 2006 11:42
Auction sale price? - MoodyGit
Not as sought after vehicle compared to its bigger sister the
Shogun 3.2 diesel.


That's good news then!

Personally, I think the 'Standard' Shogun is pig ugly whereas the sport is one of the nicest looking 4x4s (or even nicest looking estate car) available...



Do ex-lease cars at BCA auctions have reserve prices?
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Fri 10 Mar 2006 16:06
Auction sale price? - massey
WHAT CAR? VERDICT SHOGUN SPORT 2.5 Diesel (2 stars)

"Copes easily when shown a rutted track; V6 has plenty of go; high image. Based on a pick-up truck and it shows in the ride and handling, which are crude; serious lack of cabin space; diesel noisy."


WHAT CAR? VERDICT SHOGUN DIESEL 3.2 Diesel (3 stars)

"Bloated version of earlier Shogun has better performance and more sophisticated four-wheel drive. Plenty of interior space but expanses of plastic look tacky. Solid, able and reliable. Auto box is excellent."


The Sport may be better looking, but the other vehicle is better

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Mon 13 Mar 2006 10:50
Auction sale price? - MoodyGit
WHAT CAR? VERDICT SHOGUN SPORT 2.5 Diesel (2 stars)
"Copes easily when shown a rutted track; V6 has plenty of
go; high image. Based on a pick-up truck and it shows
in the ride and handling, which are crude; serious lack of
cabin space; diesel noisy."


Yeah I saw that which makes me wonder if they based the report on the pickup as well!

There is no way that anyone could say "serious lack of cabin space". That might be true of the L200 double-cab pickup....

They also got the service interval wrong which lead me to believe that they don't actually know what they are talking about
:-)
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Fri 10 Mar 2006 16:20
Auction sale price? - massey
Most lease cars will have an reserve price.

Its only 'bangers' go thru without reserve
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