Category: Industry News


Manheim Presents… Prestige Auction VII – get a good price at auction!

May 9, 2017

Manheim’s Prestige Auction VII is coming up and we have a great range of luxury cars on offer for you to buy. It’s not just two door high performance sports cars for sale, we’ve got luxury hatches and family sized cars too. Buying at auction has some great advantages; you can get a great prestige car for a great price. Our next Prestige Auction will be held in Sydney on Thursday 11 May, starting at...

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Manheim Offers Six Helpful Tips to Simplify the Car Financing Landscape

March 29, 2017

You want to make the right choice and smart decisions when selecting your next car – whether you’re in the market for a family car or a prestige vehicle. Maybe you’re recovering from financial difficulties or your credit rating is stellar. Perhaps you’re choosing between buying or leasing. If you’re thinking about buying a car, you’re probably thinking about financing. Getting your head around financing can be difficult, however you can make good choices by...

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CarsGuide, Dealer Solutions, Manheim and Sell My Car merge to form Cox Automotive Australia

January 24, 2017

The merger of CarsGuide with the existing assets of Cox Automotive™ in Australia is now complete, including the finalisation of all necessary regulatory approvals. CarsGuide, Dealer Solutions, Manheim and Sell My Car have combined to form Cox Automotive Australia which will empower clients to thrive in a rapidly changing automotive marketplace and can bring to Australia and New Zealand other brands from U.S.-based Cox Automotive. John Bailey, president of International, Cox Automotive said: “Today’s announcement is a watershed moment for the automotive industry,...

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Kids Under Cover and Manheim Partnership Milestone – 15,000 cars donated!

November 14, 2016

National youth homelessness prevention charity, Kids Under Cover (KUC), hit a milestone in October, receiving their 15,000th car donation since they started collecting beat-up bangers, weird old vehicles, trucks, boats and planes for auction. KUC is a charity partner Manheim have been working with since 2006. As part of KUC, Manheim auctioned off cars donated from the public with the money made from each car going to the charity to help with youth homelessness. All...

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Final Four Ford Auction Success: A True Australian Historic Event

October 24, 2016

With Ford finishing manufacturing vehicles in Australia, they wanted to do something spectacular with their last four saleable vehicles. As our long term customer with a 26 year relationship, they naturally turned to us to help out and turn the sale into a landmark special auction event. Led by Ford National Account Manager, Jeff Sakellaris and Director of Marketing, Justin Hodgson, we put together an extensive promotional program to advertise the sale of the final...

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IHS predicts nearly 21 million autonomous car sales in 2035

August 22, 2016

New research from IHS Automotive suggests there will be many more autonomous cars on the road in the next few decades than they previously thought. The automotive research firm forecasts that there will be nearly 21 million vehicles with some degree of autonomy sold globally in 2035 alone. This is a much higher estimate than IHS has made previously, and they cite the research and development by companies both inside and outside of the automotive...

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Parallel imports policy may be unloaded by close election

August 22, 2016

Given the close result in the recent Federal Election, we take a look at some of the issues which will continue to influence the automotive landscape. In an article from GoAuto Premium, written before the result was known, Ian Porter captured the mood. The indeterminate result from Saturday’s federal election could make it harder for the Coalition to implement its parallel imports policy, should it remain in power. But the choice of repairer campaign relating to the data sharing issue is likely to retain momentum, despite the loss of its...

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How to buy a car at Manheim Car Auctions

August 22, 2016

At Manheim we have a massive range of cars to choose from and different ways you can buy them. Passenger & Commercial Vehicles are offered in weekly auctions at all operating locations and are also available for immediate purchase through BUYNOW. Each week new auction catalogues are available to view online. You can inspect vehicles in person at Manheim operating locations, check our locations page for weekend and week day viewing hours. Not many are aware of...

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CarsGuide, Dealer Solutions, Sell My Car & Manheim to merge as part of Cox Automotive Australia

August 21, 2016

We announce plans to strategically combine CarsGuide with Dealer Solutions, Sell My Car and Manheim Cox Automotive, Inc., one of the world’s leading suppliers of automotive services, has today announced that it has formed Cox Automotive Australia, through which it expects to combine many of its existing Cox Automotive businesses in Australia; Dealer Solutions, Sell My Car and Manheim Auctions, with CarsGuide, one of Australia’s largest automotive classifieds websites. Cox Automotive Australia and CarsGuide have signed agreements with the view to complete the transaction by the end of 2016, after working through the necessary regulatory...

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