At these prices, cars from 2005-2009 are sold at American car auctions.
At car auctions in the United States, prices are always below market prices, but sometimes they are simply impressive. So, at the end of January 2023, three cars with minor damage were bought at an IAAI auction for only $25. This is reported by the auction statistics service. AutoAstat.
It is also interesting that the prices for the auction Toyota RAV4 fell to a minimum
Toyota Highlander 2009
In particular, they bought a Toyota Highlander manufactured in 2009 for $25 dollars. The market value of a similar SUV, even in America, is $14,500, while in Ukraine they ask for up to $21,000.
The Toyota sold at the ІААІ auction was hit, but not critical – the left fender, doors and sills were damaged. After the accident, this all-wheel drive SUV with a bright interior did not even fire airbags. The only trouble is that the car is located in Alaska, and it is very expensive to bring it from there both to continental America and to Ukraine. Perhaps this was the reason for such a price.
BMW X5
The next car that someone bought for $25 is in sunny California – hundreds of cars go to Ukraine from there. This popular SUV is sold in Ukraine for 10-12 thousand dollars, and in America they ask for 6,000 “bucks” for this one.
The car was “knocked out” quite a bit – to the left front side. The bumper, fender, hood and headlight were damaged. Why no one else wanted to pay more than $25 for this boomer, that is, 1% of the market price, is unknown. But the fact remains.
BMW 325i
Compared to previous SUVs, this third-series BMW might not sound like such a good deal, but face it: who wouldn’t want a rear-wheel drive 3.0-liter sedan for just $25? We don’t know these. Yes, the car has a non-original bumper, two doors “for replacement” and a mileage of 300,000 km. But this “boomer” is on the move, and in the car market they ask for it from 5 to 10 thousand dollars!
Advice from Avto24
An auction is always a game of chance. Someone is lucky to buy a good car for $25, and someone trades the desired “swallow” to the last, in order to get it even higher than the market price. When a car is sold in Ukraine, finding out its real condition at an auction and how much it sold for in America are things that absolutely need to be checked. Auction bidding service AutoAstat saves the results of auctions of American car auctions Copart, IAAI, Impact Auto Auction. On this site you can find out about the winning bid, sales history, previous condition of the vehicle, who the seller is and other useful information. Now cost AutoAstat report for Ukrainian users reduced by 10%.
