Strict roadworthiness testing, short ownership cycles and a culture of maintenance push hundreds of thousands of well-kept vehicles into auction every month. Most of them leave the country.
A Japanese auction is not an online listing that runs for a week. Lots cross the block in seconds, the price climbs in fixed increments, and the hammer falls whether or not you were ready. Thousands of cars go through a single hall in a day.
That speed is why bidding needs someone with a seat on the floor and a limit agreed in advance. It is also why the lots are documented so thoroughly beforehand: nobody can inspect a car in seven seconds.
Every lot going under the hammer this week, filtered by make, model, year, mileage, grade and drive side. The list changes daily as the halls publish.
The inspector's grade, the interior letter, the damage map and the handwritten notes, translated into your language before you decide anything.
You name the highest price you will pay, landed or at the hammer. We bid to it and not one yen above.
Japan is known for its own icons, but the halls are also full of German and British cars that were sold new in Japan, kept in covered parking and driven very little.
You set the limit and we place the bid. Only licensed members may bid on the floor, which is the barrier that keeps most importers out of these halls in the first place.
Tell us before shipping. The auction houses run their own arbitration for undisclosed faults, and we file the claim on your behalf.
It depends on the hall, the de-registration and the sailing schedule to your port. We give you the expected window with the invoice, not afterwards.
No. We hold no stock and take no position on any lot, so we are never bidding against the person we are bidding for.