Auction Scout · every auction car, ranked by profit

Find the profit before you bid

Every bank-repossession and auction-house car in South Africa, ranked by estimated profit. We work out the trade value, the repairs from the photos, the auction fees, VAT and transport — you see the profit.

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VEHICLES ON AUCTION NOW11 138from 8 auction houses across South Africa, read every day

Auction houses

Who sells the cars, and what kind

The 8 banks and auction houses the tracker reads every day, by the kind of stock they sell.

Bank repossession

Cars a bank or finance house took back when the payments stopped. Usually runners, sold as they stand.

Insurance salvage

Cars an insurer wrote off after an accident, flood, fire or theft recovery. Each carries a salvage code: Code 2 can be rebuilt and re-registered, Code 3 is parts only, Code 4 is scrap.

Accident damaged

Cars with crash damage that needs panel and mechanical repairs before they can go back on the road.

Ex-fleet

Company, rental and government vehicles sold off at the end of their contracts. Usually higher mileage, with service records.

Ex-finance

Cars that come back to a bank at the end of a lease or a settled finance deal.

Trucks & commercial

Bakkies, vans and trucks, in their own sales.

Nedbank MFC

503 on auction now

Bank repossession

Ex-finance

Nedbank’s own repossessed and ex-finance vehicles, with the bank’s trade value on every lot.

Live simulcast auctionsMFC Auction House

mfcauctions.co.za

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WesBank

901 on auction now

Bank repossession

WesBank’s repossessed vehicles, sold through partner auction houses and at its own online auctions.

Floor auctions + timed onlineMidrand and partner yards

wesbank.co.za/auctions

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Bidvest Burchmores

1 127 on auction now

Bank repossession

Ex-fleet

One of the country’s biggest wholesale-to-the-public car auctioneers: bank repossessions and fleet stock.

Daily timed online + live simulcastJohannesburg, Germiston, Durban, Cape Town

bidvestburchmores.co.za

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Aucor

985 on auction now

Bank repossession

Ex-fleet

Trucks & commercial

Bank-repossession, de-fleet and truck auctions from yards across the country.

Live and online auctionsJohannesburg, Durban, Cape Town, Gqeberha, Bloemfontein

live.aucor.com

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Park Village Auctions

876 on auction now

Bank repossession

Trucks & commercial

Repossessed vehicle catalogues for ABSA, Standard Bank and other banks.

Webcast and live auctionsBoksburg, Johannesburg, Durban, Gqeberha, Bloemfontein

parkvillageauctions.co.za

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Auction Operation

459 on auction now

Bank repossession

Gauteng timed vehicle auctions, mostly repossessions sold with a paper delay.

Timed online auctionsRoodepoort, Langlaagte

app.auctionoperation.co.za

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Auction Nation

3 095 on auction now

Insurance salvage

Accident damaged

Insurance write-offs and accident-damaged cars, every one with its salvage code (2, 3 or 4).

Timed online, buy now + live auctionsYards in every province

auctionnation.co.za

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GoBid

3 192 on auction now

Insurance salvage

Accident damaged

Mostly insurance write-offs: nearly every car, bakkie and SUV carries a salvage code, most of them Code 2 (repairable).

Timed online + live onlineBranches nationwide

gobid.co.za

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Who it’s for

Every auction car, ranked by profit.

Dealers & traders

Stock your floor for less

Sort the whole country by profit and find the flips other dealers missed — trade value, fees, VAT and transport already taken off.

Panel beaters & repairers

Your repair cost beats ours

Our repair estimate is at retail workshop prices. If you fix it for less, every Code 2 and damaged lot is worth more to you than the figure shows.

Private buyers

Below retail, without guessing the repair bill

See the retail value of comparable cars for sale, what the repairs should cost and what you would really pay, before you register to bid.

What members see

The numbers behind every lot

Every auction house, every day

Nedbank MFC, WesBank, Bidvest Burchmores, Aucor, GoBid, Auction Operation, Auction Nation and Park Village — read daily into one list.

Retail and trade value

The retail value is the middle asking price of the same make and model, a year either side, at similar mileage; the trade value — what a dealer pays — is estimated from it.

Profit at trade value

Claude looks at every photo and the auction house’s notes, prices the repairs, and takes them, the auction fees, VAT and transport off the gap between the auction price and the trade value. Sort the whole country by it.

Bid with your eyes open

The auction house’s own trade and retail values beside ours, the condition notes, and a link straight to the lot.

Pricing

One plan. Every auction.

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Every bank and auction-house vehicle in South Africa

Retail and trade value from comparable cars for sale

Profit at the estimated trade value, in rand and %

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Buying at a vehicle auction, and what membership gives you.

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How is the repair estimate worked out?

Claude, an AI model, looks at up to nine of the lot’s photos and reads the auction house’s notes and details (code, keys, starts, engine, gearbox), then prices each repair it can see or that the notes state, at South African panel-beater and mechanic prices. A Code 2 also carries R3 500 for police clearance, roadworthy and re-registration. It cannot see under the car or test-drive it, so inspect the car yourself before you bid.

Are the auction house’s fees and VAT taken off?

Yes. Every house sells VAT-exclusive, so the profit is after 15% VAT on the price, plus the house’s buyer’s premium (5% at GoBid, Auction Nation, Auction Operation and Nedbank MFC, none at WesBank, per lot at Burchmores) and its document and admin fees (about R2 000 – R3 400). Aucor and Park Village announce their premium per sale and Burchmores’ terms are not published, so those are estimates. The profit also takes off transport to Pretoria (a flat, estimated R1 500) for a car that cannot be driven home — one the house lists as a non-runner, or a Code 2, 3 or 4 (a Code 2 may not go on the road until it is re-registered); a runner is driven home, so it has none — and about R2 000 for licence, registration and roadworthy (a Code 2’s are in its repair estimate).

How are the retail and trade values worked out?

The retail value comes from cars for sale on Carfind and Auto Mart: the same make and model, a year either side, at similar mileage — the middle of their asking prices, from at least three. The trade value — what a dealer would pay, and what the profit is worked from — is estimated from it: 90% of retail for a car up to five years old, 87.5% at six to ten years and 86% after that, the median trade-to-retail ratio of nearly a thousand auction lots whose houses publish both.

How do I sign in after I join?

Lots are read from the auction houses’ own listings and change quickly — confirm every detail, fee and condition with the auction house before you bid. Retail values are estimates from asking prices of comparable cars for sale; repair estimates are an AI model’s reading of the photos and notes, not an inspection.