Fuel/five: 5 recent must-read articles you may have missed

1) The Gavel – August

Every month, The Gavel provides a ‘look behind the curtains’ of the wholesale market as our resident car and LCV auction experts, Andy Conde and Stuart Peak, share their latest market commentary, insight and stories from the virtual rostrum. The latest issue is no different and is a must read before the month ends!

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2) Manheim at 100: virtual auctions

As part of our Manheim at 100 celebrations, we’re taking a look back at some of the industry innovations that have defined us over the last century. For this blog, we discuss how the rapid emergence of new technologies in the early 90s revolutionised an auction industry that had remained largely unchanged for decades.

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3) Dealer Auction: unusual vehicles

Due to the new car supply shortages that are impacting our industry, dealers are facing fierce competition in the wholesale arena for the available used stock to fill its place, leading to many stocking vehicles they usually wouldn’t. Here, Dealer Auction reveal eight of the most unusual vehicles they’ve sold this year.

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4) Manheim Express: 1 year on

In 2020, Manheim Express took the bold decision to launch a new business in Germany during a pandemic. Many said this would be a bad idea, but in fact 2020 was a great year to launch a start-up business. In this blog, Sebastian Fuchs, MD of Manheim Express reveals 7 lessons he’s learnt from running a start-up.

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5) AutoFocus: new car forecast

In the latest edition of AutoFocus, our quarterly insight magazine, we break down all the factors impacting the new car industry, and share the latest Cox Automotive insight, including our revised 2021 forecasts. In this article, we reveal the new forecasts and summarise what all automotive professionals need to know about the global new car market.

Read here.