Bring A Trailer Current Auctions (2024)

FAQs

What is the most sold car on Bring a Trailer? ›

It comes as no surprise that the Porsche 911 topped the list as the most frequently sold model on Bring a Trailer in 2023. However, it was followed by a group of enduring American classics: the Chevrolet Corvette, the Ford Mustang, F-Series, and Bronco.

If you win the auction, you will see a yellow box just above the comments with instructions on what comes next. We will send you the seller's contact information via email, and they will receive yours.

Any inspection or other due diligence must happen prior to bidding, there is no recourse after the auction ends and you can't retract a bid before the auction ends either. BaT, like any other auction house, only puts the buyer and seller together.

The Bring a Trailer auction costs either $99 for sellers who take their own photos or $99 for sellers who do not. BaT's buyer's fee is 5 percent, with a minimum and maximum of $250.

Best selling truck of all time

The Ford F-Series is the most popular truck and best-selling truck in the US. It's been that way for nearly half a century.

A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé is the most expensive car ever sold, having gone under the hammer for a staggering $135m in 2022 - the equivalent of £114.4m. Previously owned by Mercedes-Benz, the car was sold by RM Sotheby's at the Mercedes-Benz Museum to an anonymous buyer.

All we can do in this regard is to urge you to place your bids early.” “There are inherent risks in sniping. If you wait too long to bid, the auction could close before your bid is processed. If your maximum doesn't beat the current high bidder, you won't have a second chance to up the ante.

The Submission Process

If a vehicle is accepted, the seller pays the listing fee and we work with the seller to gather all necessary information (including videos, maintenance records, vehicle history, and service documentation).

Consequences for Failing to Pay a Winning Bid

If you win something at an auction, you are legally bound to pay the agreed price once the hammer falls.

If the auction reserve price has been met, the sale carries on with the winning bidder as usual. Bring a Trailer doesn't reveal any information about the reserve price in order to keep it a fair auction, so you may not know until the end if you've met the reserve.

Is it safe to buy a car on Bring a Trailer? ›

Bring a Trailer is legit, but that doesn't guarantee it's safe. It aims to be as transparent as possible, asking sellers for documents, maintenance records, photos and videos of the vehicles before listing a vehicle.

Bring a Trailer is a part of Hearst Autos family.

Is Bring a Trailer legally binding? As long as your bid on a certain vehicle remains the highest, you will win the auction and cannot cancel through BaT. If you back out of a bid with the seller and they report you, it's possible you may be banned for life from using the platform.

Uploading photos to BaT for a submission

For the initial submission, we'd recommend starting with a small batch of 10-20 photos that provide us an accurate picture of how the vehicle presents. You will be able to upload additional photos once you complete the submission.

Head over to an auction that you're interested in bidding on. Scroll down to the bid box and select the button that says “Register to Bid”. Enter your personal contact details along with your credit card information. There is no charge to register, we will only authorize that your card is valid.

1. Ford F-Series. The Ford F-150's offers the best attributes of a modern pickup: power, efficiency, comfort and capability. Add to that a huge range of configurations and options, and you've got the best-selling vehicle in America for 2023.

Bring a Trailer sold over 30,000 cars in 2023, up 19% from 2022. The growth in the number of cars sold helped to offset a decline in prices. The average price of a car sold on the site fell to $54,000 in 2023 from $59,500 in 2022.

The Toyota Corolla is the world's bestselling car with Toyota building over 50 million of them since 1966. This amazing achievement is just a testament to the effort Toyota put in this model. They have produced countless versions, generations, and models for many different markets.

The Global Auto Brands Ranking

The Japanese Toyota is still the best selling Brand and has been for the past 10 years, selling 4.41 million vehicles up to June 2024, a 0.3% year-on-year loss.