How long does a vehicle sale take?
Most vehicle sales run over two to four weeks from instruction to collection. That covers cataloguing, marketing, a viewing day, the online sale and the collection window. Urgent cases can be quicker if the vehicles and paperwork are ready. The longest delays come from missing V5Cs, unsettled finance and vehicles that cannot be accessed for photographs, so deal with those first.
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Commercial vehicle and fleet auctions
Vans, trucks, trailers and whole fleets sold with the paperwork sorted and finance settled.
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