With late low mileage used cars in short supply the day before the plate change, ex Motability cars were making way over trade book.

An 8k mile 09 reg Hyundai i10 1.2 Comfort auto for which there is a queue twice round the block set the ball rolling by making £4,900. A 33k mile 2011/60 BMW E92 320d SE Coupe sold for £17,500. A 16k mile 09 Fiesta 1,4TDCI Zetec Climate with a few scratches sold for £6,300. Even an ordinary 19k mile 09 Focus 1,6 Zetec was £5,950.

Four Nissan Qashqais were all serious money. A 16k mile 11 reg Jazz 1.4iVTEC EX made £11,000. A 6k mile 09 Nissan Note Acenta automatic sold for £5,800.

Not everything went mad, though. Bargain of the day has to be an 18k mile 09 Chevrolet Lacetti 1.8SX auto estate, sold for a mere £2,350, a perfectly okay, fine riding 38k mile 09 Renault Megane 1.6i Expression sold for £4,250, a 102k mile 2008/58 Mondeo 2.0i Zetec estate drove off for £3,650 and, unless I misheard and misread, a 27k mile 09 Focus CC 2.0 automatic sold for just £5,500.

In the Lex Autolease section what must have been one of the last pre-DPF Honda CR-V 2.2iCTDI EXs, a 15k mile 2009/59, sold for £14,400 and a trio of BMW 120d M-Sports from 2008/58 to 09 sold for between £11,000 and £11,850.

Some of the big stuff wasn’t making the required money, though. A 21k mile 11 reg Mercedes S350CDI Bluetec with AMG pack didn’t reach £35,000, a 25k mile 09 reg Porsche Cayenne diesel stopped short at £25,400 and a 22k mile 2001/61 Skoda Superb 1.6TDI Greenline S estate will be coming back for more than the £13,800 bid.

(As usual, ‘s’ means sold. ‘p’ means top provisional bid, ‘pc’ means provisional, but close. ‘n/s’ means not sold. ‘n/w’ means miles not warranted. ‘MNW’ means unknown mileage. ‘dmg’ means damaged. D/R means damaged and repaired. ‘fl’ means facelift. ‘H/T’ means hardtop. ‘imp’ means unofficial import. Extras like ‘lthr’ and ‘nav’ are specified when they are not standard.)

Ex-Motability

BMW 320dSE E92 coupe, 2011/60, 33k miles £17,500s

Chevrolet Lacetti 1.8SX SW auto, 09 reg, 18k miles £2,350s

Citroen C1 1.0 VTR 5-dr, 09 reg, 29k miles £4,250s

Citroen G Picasso 1.6HDI 110 VTR+ EGS, 08 reg, 18k miles £6,300s

Citroen G Picasso 1.6HDI 110 VTR+ man, 09 reg, 17k miles £7,750s

Ford Fiesta 1.4TDCI Zetec climate 5-dr, 09 reg, 16k miles £6,600s

Ford Fiesta 1.4 Zetec climate auto 5-dr, 09 reg, 13k miles £6,800s

Ford Fusion 1.6+ auto, 2009/58, 30k miles £3,650s

Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5-dr, 09 reg, 19k miles £5,950s

Ford Focus 1.6 Titanium 5-dr auto, 09 reg, 21k miles £6,100s

Ford Focus 1.6 Zetec 5-dr, 09 reg, 8k miles £6,500s

Ford Focus CC 2.0 2 automatic, 09 reg, 27k miles £5,500s

Ford C-Max 2.0 Zetec auto, 09 reg, 9k miles £6,850s

Ford Mondeo 2.0i Zetec estate, 2008/58, 102k miles £3,650s

Honda Jazz 1.4 i-VTEC ES i-shift, 09 reg, 19k miles £5,450s

Honda Jazz 1.4 i-VTEC EX manual, 11 reg, 16k miles £9,000s

Honda Civic 1.8i-VTEC Type S GT, 10 reg, 24k miles £9,100s

Honda Civic 1.4i-VTEC Type S i-shift, 11 reg, 3k miles £9,500s

Hyundai i10 1.2 Comfort auto, 09 reg, 8k miles £4,900s

Mitsubishi Colt 1.5D-ID CZ2 5-dr auto, 06 reg, 8k miles £3,600s

Nissan Note 1.4 Acenta, 09 reg, 78k miles £3,200s

Nissan Note 1.4 Acenta, 09 reg, 28k miles £4,650s

Nissan Note 1.6 Acenta auto, 09 reg, 6k miles £5,800s

Nissan Qashqai+2 1.6 Visia, 09 reg, 26k miles £9,200s

Nissan Qashqai 1.5DCI Tekna, 09 reg, 37k miles £10,600s

Nissan Qashqai 1.5DCI N-TEC, 2009/59, 31k miles £11,000s

Nissan Qashqai+2 1.6 Acenta, 2011/11, 30k miles £11,900s

Peugeot Partner Tepee 1.6HDI 90 S, 09 reg, 27k miles £6,000s

Renault Clio 1.2TCE Dynamique 3-dr, 09 reg, 27k miles £4,450s

Renault Megane 1.6 16v Expression, 09 reg, 38k miles £4,250s

Renault Megane 1.9DCI Privilege coupe, 2009/59, 30k miles £8,150s

Vauxhall Agila 1.2 Club, 09 reg, 14k miles £4,600s

Vauxhall Corsa 1.4 Club 3-dr auto, 2009/60, 14k miles £4,050s

Vauxhall Astra 1.4 Life 5-dr, 07 reg, 11k miles £4,000s

Vauxhall Insignia 2.0CDTI 130 SRI, 2010/60, 19k miles £9,800s

VW Polo 1.2 70PS Moda 5-dr, 11 reg, 9k miles £8,150s

VW Golf 1.4TSI 122 SE 5-dr, 09 reg, 33k miles £7,450s

VW Touran 1.9TDI 105 SE, 09 reg, 31k miles £8,550s

Ex-Lex Autolease

Audi A6 2.0TDI 170 SE Multitronic, 09 reg, 55k miles £11,300s

BMW 120d M-Sport, 2008/58, 26k miles £11,000s

BMW 120d M-Sport, 2009/58, 42k miles £11,250s

BMW 120d M-Sport, 09 reg, 42k miles £11,850s

BMW 520d 177 Sport Touring auto, 2008/58, 76k miles £13,300s

BMW 520d 177 SE Business Ed, 09 reg, 101k miles £9,200s

Ford Focus 2.0TDCI 136 Titanium est, 2008/58, 127k miles £3,950s

Ford Mondeo 2.0TDCI 140 Zetec, 2008/58, 93k miles £4,900s

Honda Jazz 1.4iDSI SE, 08 reg, 59k miles £4,100s

Honda CR-V 2.2iCTDI EX, 2009/59, 15k miles £14,400s

Renault Grand Scenic 1.5DCI 106 Dyn, 08 reg, 70k miles £3,950s

Skoda Octavia 2.0TDI PD Ambiente, 08 reg, 128k miles £3,800s

Toyota Avensis 2.0 D-4D T2 estate, 07 reg, 27k miles £6,000s

Toyota Avensis 1.0D-4D T2 estate, 09 reg, 46k miles £8,100s

Vauxhall Vectra 1.9CDTI 150 SRI estate, 2006/56, £3,500s

Vauxhall Insignia 2.0CDTI 160 Exclusiv, 09 reg, 52k miles £6,700s

VW Passat 1.4TSI S estate, alloys, 08 reg, 48k miles £4,050s

VW Passat 1.9TDI Bluemotion, 08 reg, 96k miles £5,000s

VW Passat 1.9TDI 105 S, 08 reg, 30k miles £6,700s

VW Passat 1.9TDI 105 S, 2008/58, 134k miles £3,950s

VW Passat 2.0TDI CR 140 Sport est, 2009/58, 30k miles £10,300s

Volvo XC90 D5 185 SE Lux Geartronic, 2008/58, 19k miles £18,400s

Ex-Lex Autolease Provisionals

BMW 325i M-Sport Highline conv, 2009/59, 40k miles £17,600p

Citroen C5 2.0HDI 160 VTR+, 2011/61, 6k miles £11,200p

Mercedes S350 CDI Bluetec AMG pack, 11 reg, 21k miles £33,400p

Porsche Cayenne 3.0d Tiptronic S, 09 reg, 25k miles £25,400p

Skoda Superb 1.6TDI Greenline S est, 2011/61, 22k miles £13,800p

VW Golf Vi 1.4TSI 160 GT, 09 reg, 32k miles £9,500p

The next big VW Financial Services auction will be on Tuesday 4^th September with cars from all VAG divisions on sale, including an Audi RS4 Cabrio.

To view the full new Lex Autolease sales programme click on Lex Autolease

As always the best way to look for a specific car coming up at a BCA auction or to pre-check a day’s sale is to visit Auctionview  If you are a BCA account holder this service also now gives composite price information (average auction price, CAP and Glass’s) and now allows you to buy a selection of cars directly on-line. Main British Car Auctions Website at BCA Website

Please Note BCA Now Charges All Private Buyers a £23.50 VCA New Keeper Transfer Fee. On behalf of the vendors, BCA is required to notify DVLA via the V5C of changes of ownership.

BCA Peterborough stages Motorbike sales on the last Friday of each month, with high volume Super Sales featuring ‘bikes from Black Horse every two months.  (Next Super Sale on 25th June).   Sales start at 1pm and all are welcome to attend.   There is secure motorcycle parking on the day and an expert and enthusiastic Sales Team on hand to answer questions.  Viewing is on the morning of the sale and BCA can arrange transport to anywhere in the UK. Full catalogue details and a picture of every motorbike entered for the sale will be available online in advance through BCA’s exclusive Commercial Auction View service (http://www.commercialauctionview.co.uk ).

For future police sales at West Oxfordshire Motor Auctions. Visit WOMA , click on ‘stocklist’, then click on search, or use the faxback on 0906 3080 953 at 60p per minute. Sales are held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 5.30pm.

Brightwells HUGE WEEKLY 4x4 SALE takes place every Tuesday at Easter’s Court on the A49 by-pass, Leominster, Herefordshire, start time 11.00am, phone: 01568 611325, website: Brightwells 

Last year Motorpoint launched auction4cars - an online fee-free alternative to the traditional car auction. It currently sells over 400 cars a week, mostly taken in part-exchange, from its four collection points - Burnley, Derby, Newport and Peterborough. For more information visit Auction4Cars

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