June 7 marks the official grand opening of Manheim Auctions’ new Fredericksburg Auto Auction, featuring a 14-lane dealer auction center, up from 10 lanes, and the capacity to handle 15,000 vehicles at one time.
“This auction has succeeded over the last 44 years because every employee here works hard to provide good service to our dealers,” said Ken Phillips, general manager of Fredericksburg Auto Auction. “With this new state-of-the-art facility we are able to provide dealers with even better service and access to the best available vehicles to add to their used-car inventories.”
According to Phillips, the new facility will open with a mega-sale, beginning at 9:30 a.m. on June 7, with more than 4,000 vehicles offered for sale.
The new auction replaces the Fredericksburg Auto Auction facility that had served dealers since 1957. The new facility is located roughly 10 miles north of the old auction on Route 17 North on I-95. It sits on 260 acres of land, has the capacity to store 15,000 vehicles on site, and has the ability to move as many as 4,000 vehicles through its auction lanes in one day.
The new facility features a 64,000-square-foot auto auction center and an 88,000-square-foot reconditioning center encompassing all aspects of preparing vehicles for sale day, including body, paint and mechanical shops.
The Fredericksburg Auto Auction was the third auction purchased by Manheim Auctions, in 1968. It has grown from a 200-vehicle, one-lane operation to a 14-lane world-class auction.
About Manheim Auctions
Manheim Auctions, dedicated to helping dealers succeed, offers services that impact every stage of a used vehicle’s life cycle. These include transaction, reconditioning and certification services, managed remarketing, end-of-lease term management services, vehicle transportation, dealer floor planning, retail inspection and government auction services.
The company also assists auto manufacturers, fleet and lease companies, banks and other financial institutions in selling their used vehicle inventories.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., Manheim Auctions has been involved in the wholesale automobile auction industry for 56 years. With more than 34,000 employees at its 126 auctions and related businesses, Manheim is a global remarketing organization with 86 auctions in North America and additional operations in Puerto Rico, France, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
In the year 2000, the company auctioned more than 7.5 million vehicles at its North American auctions.
