A very popular car all around the world is the Toyota Prius. There a huge volumes of these in the Japanese used car auctions. However, a Prius is not always the Prius you were planning on buying. There are 2WD,...
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About 10% of our customers cars bought in auctions each year are bought from one of the many JU auctions spread out over Japan. As a company the most purchased from JU auctions in Japan in terms of volume are:...
Read MoreStarting from August 1st, Russia has introduced a significant increase in "recycling fees" for the import of used cars. Although the stated reason for this increase is 'to foster domestic automobile production,' Andriy Glenko, an international political scholar, was asked...
Read MoreThe 2nd half of the newsletter from JUMVEA, detailling out the restrictions on imports of used vehicles into Russia as well as the impact the crash of Big Motors will have on the price of cars in the auctions. In...
Read MoreRecruit, which operates the used car information site "Car Sensor," has revealed that it will suspend listings of vehicles handled by major used car dealer Big Motor from the 9th of August, 2023. Similarly, the used car search service site...
Read MoreWho would think there is a war on with this booming trade with Russia: [caption id="attachment_6038" align="alignnone" width="760"] 2023 and look who is at the top[/caption] Perhaps out of embarassment or pressure to actually put substance to their official stand,...
Read MoreAuctions will be closed from the 11th of August until the 16th of August, but from the 16th to the 19th they will be very much reduced in number Also office hours, the office (not necessarily bidding) will be closed...
Read MoreAnyone living in Japan who watches Japanese TV or reads Japanese newspapers will have been barraged with this news: Big Motors strange ..aka. illegal income methods. Golf balls and cars, what is their relationship in the used car market in...
Read MoreDo I have a favourate Japanese car auction house? If buying a car for myself does a certain auction house give me more confidence when buying? If so why. The answers to the above are yes and yes, and the...
Read MoreEach week in Japan there are a number of car auctions that we do NOT live bid on, even if we wanted to. There ARE auction sheets, but there is no start price, but rather an expensive looking "kibo (希望)"...
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