Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2025

Year in Review and Looking Forward to 2025 Bring a Trailer Podcast · Jan 9, 2025

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Chevrolet Camaro

The Chevrolet Camaro is a popular sports car that has been around since the late 1960s. The 1969 version is known for its powerful engines and stylish looks, which many car enthusiasts love.

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Cobra

The AC Cobra is a classic sports car known for being fast and lightweight. It was popular in racing and is still admired today for its design and performance.

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Shelby Cobra

The Shelby Cobra is a classic American sports car that is very fast and powerful. It's famous for its cool design and is loved by car collectors.

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Acura NSX

The Acura NSX is a sports car that combines luxury with high performance. It's known for its powerful engine and advanced features, making it a favorite among car enthusiasts.

Company

BaT, or Bring a Trailer, is a website where people can buy and sell classic and interesting cars through online auctions. It's known for featuring unique vehicles and has a strong community of car lovers.

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Honda NSX

The Honda NSX is a high-performance sports car made by Honda. It's known for being fast and fun to drive, and it has a unique design.

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Ford Mustang

The Ford Mustang is a popular sports car in the U.S. known for its speed and style. It's been around for many years and is loved by many car fans.

Term

four-cylinder

A four-cylinder engine is a kind of engine that has four parts called cylinders. These engines are usually smaller and use less gas, which is why they are often found in rental cars.

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Toyota SR5

The Toyota SR5 is a version of Toyota's pickup truck that is designed for off-road driving. The 1981 model is one of the earlier versions and is known for being tough and reliable.

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Jeep Grand Wagoners

The Grand Wagoneer is a large SUV made by Jeep that was popular in the past. It's known for being stylish and comfortable, and many people enjoy driving them even today.

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Scout

The Scout is an older type of SUV made by International Harvester. It's known for being tough and good for off-roading, which makes it a favorite among car lovers.

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Grenadier

The Grenadier is a new off-road vehicle made by a company called Ineos. It's built to be tough and is meant for people who like to drive in rough terrains.

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Ford Expeditions

The Expedition is a big SUV made by Ford. It's designed for families and has lots of room for passengers and luggage.

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Chevrolet Suburbans

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Toyota 4Runner

The Toyota 4Runner is a tough SUV that can handle rough roads and snow well, making it great for trips in winter weather.

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Volkswagen Beetle

The 1966 Volkswagen Beetle is a famous small car with a unique round shape, popular for its fun driving style and history.

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Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 is a famous sports car that many people love because it's fast and looks really cool. It's been around for a long time and is known for being fun to drive.

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BMW M5

The BMW M5 is a fast and powerful car that's part of the 5 Series lineup. The 2014 version has a strong engine that makes it fun to drive and is designed for performance.

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horsepower

Horsepower is a way to measure how powerful a car's engine is. More horsepower usually means the car can go faster and perform better.

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Bugatti Chirons

The Bugatti Chiron is a super-fast luxury car that costs a lot of money. It's famous for being one of the fastest cars you can buy, with a really powerful engine that helps it go super fast.

Concept

Formula 1

Formula 1 is a top-level car racing series where teams race high-performance cars on different tracks. It's very popular and has a lot of fans around the world.

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Indian 1930 Scout

The Indian 1930 Scout is an old motorcycle that is famous for its speed and style. It's a part of motorcycle history from the early 20th century.

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the bring a trailer

podcast hello everybody and welcome back

to the bring a trailer podcast happy

2025 Alex Porter coming to you from the

bring a trailer headquarters upstairs

apologies ahead of time if you hear any

Roofing noises we're getting the office

re roofed uh thrilled to be joined in

the studio by Howard Swig Howard when

was the last time we did one of these in

person so much better to be back we did

one where you guys were all in the in

the office here I was dialing in from

New York does not work as well when one

is remote didn't love that but delighted

to be back with you guys on site very

good uh to have you here uh also joined

by Randy uh Who does these with me in

this room all the time but it's been

since last year since we did one and we

were in SoCal interviewing several

people those podcasts are now out if

people heard the Magnus podcast and the

Bruce Meyer podcast two of my favorites

to finish off last year very strong

hopefully listen to them if you haven't

listened to them go back and check them

out they were great yeah Bruce and

Magnus were fantastic and it was a great

year we want to talk today about uh 2024

in review I want to hear what you guys

have been up to uh but I thought I'd

start right up here at the top by

teasing a couple of our upcoming events

which we're very excited about the three

of us will be together again in oh gosh

only about two weeks in Arizona for

Arizona auction week uh we've never done

an event there before Howard we actually

that's a lie that's a lie I'm jumping in

there were you going to correct were you

going to correct no no you got it I was

there moving tents around and stuff dude

come on we've never done an event there

at auction week I know we did one in

conjunction with the Copper State so

we've done two there but we did one in

conjunction I've got you on your he yeah

we did one at a car storage facility

what was it called Stables I don't know

we haven't we haven't talked to them in

a long time this is this is pre-co this

is a million years ago 2017 2018 uh four

till four was there and served coffee I

met no breaks there I think El did I

meet there some other some other folks

the Bentley guy yeah oh Bentley is it

Bentley guy he's probably not listening

this and um slugo showed up at that one

slugo will be at this one this onew

anyway I dove in there to correct you

rudely but uh we ought to definitely

promo the fact that we're gonna be in

Arizona it's a Saturday morning it's at

Auto 25th uh on the 25th of Jan and it

starts way bright and early earliest bat

event of all time 7:00 a.m. start which

is that was an auto decision they uh

well we're piggy back in with them

they're local partner one of two at

least local Partners in the Phoenix area

U have a great facility in Scottsdale

that most people know about they throw

an event and we're joining in to do a

vat style event as well so anyway I will

be there I am stoked both you guys are

going to be there too correct they have

a really sick Facility have you been

before Howard to the storage facility

Autos I have not the last uh event we

did there was Jan 19 so it's been a full

full six years ago I think so I'm I'm

pumped what was the scale of that one

six years ago was it hundreds of cars no

no no no no no I bet knocking on 100

cars showed up I bet I bet 70 cars

showed up we've already got I bet 65

want to come to this and Min hund want

to come it's gonna be a big one this

2019 which we thought was such a banner

year at B remember when we did we put a

bow on 2019 there nobody had ever heard

of Co before Y and we finished 2019 we

like that was a crazy year and now now

you look back and you're like wow we had

like 30 cars ons totally I was thinking

about that for year in review yeah I

mean for me 2016 to 2019 was just one

big block of time there were there were

no the only goals were do more and be

better that was pretty much it and stay

up all night drinking Red Bull like

getting cars on the site correct you

remember that didn't matter what month

it was there were no Seasons no months

it was just it was just grow full pedal

to the metal not that it's not entirely

totally sh just keep shoving it was

shoveling where the hole was not getting

deeper like we

weread the metaphor is falling apart

from me here but yeah it was a it was a

it was a sopan task you couldn't get the

ball up to the top of the but point at

the end of 19 I feel was for me the

first time we all kind of collectively

looked back and said okay like look back

down the mountain and said wow look how

far we've come totally um and then that

seems like ages ago which it was I also

realize I've lied even more because we

had an event in Arizona last year

at Matt's facility at 91 and maybe the

state we've done the most events in yeah

totally I mean the the I just met I

thought we hadn't done one at at auction

week yeah we did the one at auction week

the other two were off of auction week

but auction week's an interesting thing

right like different auctions have come

and gone I've never been you guys tell

me what it's like I don't even know what

to expect I was in Arizona which we can

talk about recently dropping off a car I

met Howard on that trip uh out in the

desert and Matt Crandle 911r partner was

saying that

huge number of people show up for

auction week in Arizona absolutely and a

lot of these cars and coffees they have

they spin off some of them they do them

just that week some of them they do like

year round right with their weather

which is enviable for so many other

parts of the country but uh auction

week's fun I mean if you like going to

tent auctions Howard and I have always

had sort of a a love haate with tent

auctions right we go and we see it and

honestly 10 auctions are what made us

create bat as an alternative right

because some of it's like fun and you're

and then some of it is just infuriating

and you're like this is so backwards why

can't something be done differently so

we kind of tip our our cap to them a

little bit for giving us all the ideas

but regardless it's a fun time down

there there's a lot of car people

Arizona's just great January where else

you going to go to do car stuff in

January I'm excited just to be down

there and yeah there's a lot of

Specialists there's other dealers yeah

all these B Partners have sprung up down

there um I think it's a pretty good time

they're bringing back the concour so

historically that was like a full week

kind of like a mini monter and a real

captive audience to come to auctions and

concore and all this other ins stuff

going on so uh the locals down there are

trying to bring back the kind of grander

of the week and I think this year will

be kind of a coming out party for what

it can be I'm really excited no Russo

and steel this rip rip auction in the

round no longer no no there's some new

players there's some old I used to drive

out to the desert to what was it called

Talking Stick yes walking or talking

both was had uh both were had it was I

forget was uh was silver auction out

there which one was out there you'd go

out there and and it was like it was not

like the Marquee it was like the opening

act like the opening band where you're

like do we want to get there late or do

we want to actually see the opening act

plenty of parking there there was a lot

of parking but it was fun I mean it was

an alter I mean I I I was into you know

shopping for $7,500 cars I actually

thought it was pretty cool right you

hang out at you hang out at Barrett

which is its own fun time but like the

7th

$200,000 69 Camaro to go off in a row

you're kind of like well is this is this

really a target-rich environment maybe

not so you Cruise out and yeah you see

the Willies wagon with the like running

on seven cylinders engine swaps you know

you're like this is my these are my

people totally totally so anyway there's

a lot of variety down there so and for

till 4 we're also close with those guys

they have events through the week

there's going to be like people meetups

and cars and cool stuff there's a lot

going on during the week to your point

Howard and if you want a place that's

the exact opposite of Phoenix you can

tease our other uh event we're gonna be

at sure one or maybe even less than two

weeks later 10 days later we will be the

three of us along with Zach shout out

will'll be in Paris uh my first

international trip with you gentlemen

for retromobile very different Scene

Randy a uh that will be fantastic I've

wanted to take you guys out there for a

long time and get to walk the halls and

hang out and not only the city but the

auctions out there are fun the Expo sort

of display they do at retromobile is

something that is not done in the US at

all because yeah I don't know if it's

the weather or the culture or just the

history of how of Auto shows and how

they've done that but you're hanging out

in like the Exposition Center and all

these classic cars are there and dealers

and vendors is everything for sale or is

it partly a show pretty much everything

is for sale there's some vendors that

are there that'll like put a car in

their Booth that's not for sale if

they're selling wheels or something sure

it's a display uh or they're yeah

they're selling like detail product or

whatever there's some cool stuff that

shows up in those that is not for sale

but the vast vast majority of vehicles

on the ground are for sale and the the

way the seasonality and the weather over

there works like winter is usually real

quiet so stuff kind of hides out and

then like shows up at retro it's like

the first thing of the year and some

fresh some fresh metal there's some well

fresh also dealers over there hold cars

for like three years before they sell

them so it might be fresh or it may have

been there we did a winter refurbishment

on this one totally it's like the second

or it's the first Cobra that Bruce was

talking about it's like oh now we

painted it a different color to bring it

back to Retro Ral reer to sell it again

totally didn't sell put it away for a

year then raised the price by 50% and

reoffer bring back yeah totally you do

that they do that on red fin that's like

this house just popped up but actually

it was delisted a week ago after sitting

for a 100 days totally yeah totally so

anyway but the event I mean it's all

cars you if you're over here H out in

the US you haven't seen and a lot of

vendors you haven't seen and a lot of

them do bring fresh stuff which is

pretty fun so yeah Arizona plus France

kind of a weird Whiplash it's exciting

it's really exciting and I think Howard

was a little jealous of the fun we had

at Galpin so he and I are going to

cruise around Arizona and meet up with a

couple of our sellers while we're there

we're excited about yes I can't wait to

swoop you from the airport we're gonna

get right into it yeah I'm really

excited about that it's your point Randy

lots of folks that we want to connect

with in the Phoenix area and of course

we're going to try to connect with some

folks in France as well absolutely

anybody who's going to be at either of

those events reach out to us let us know

what's going on and we're going to be

hanging out at a booth what's what's the

plan where should they find us at retr

mobile at retro mobile we're going to be

roaming um we've got some European local

partners that are going to be there who

we're spending time with but yeah

roaming the show there's a sort of

preview night that we'll be at people

are having dinners different evenings

there's cool other places to go in the

city so yeah we'll be visible and

available very excited for both things

jents so I'd like to dive into 2020 24

but before I do that I I teased a little

bit Howard and I were out in Las Vegas

with a couple colleagues I was dropping

my car off in Arizona my silver NSX with

Matt crle that'll be live on bat soon

when I what does crle say when you show

up and drop keys at his door he says six

weeks or he says four days it's on the

site he had cars I I don't think I'm

blowing up his spot spewing out of his

facility like not he Busy cat he's like

I need this car I was like take your

time that was a loud one invading

Greenland so he had cars spilling out of

his facility and so I said take your

time Matt no problem and he's like no we

need to go fast we don't want it here

long we don't take our time we don't

want things to sit here so that was

really fun uh shout out to our buddy

Mike the dentist who we hung out with in

Vegas who's a podcast listener and we'll

probably hear this one he gave some

great feedback did a imitation of my

introduction which was very funny uh

hung out with our colleagues Mike and

Robbie which was awesome Zach was there

so that was a really good trip and fun

and in a future podcast episode i' like

to talk to Zack about our drive out

there which was fun two nsx's Howard

drove out in a 4cylinder rental Mustang

yes I was in Palm Springs the week

before and I got upgraded or downgraded

not sure to a to a four-cylinder Mustang

convertible so that took the back roads

from Palm Springs to Vegas which is a

nice little desert run good good roads

future collectible the four cylinder

Mustang it was pretty fast for what it

is I didn't love it but but I'm not a

huge new Mustang all things are

collectible Alex we'll see where that

goes totally uh yeah that was

mean-spirited I apologize Randy anything

interesting car related over the winter

for you you mentioned your son was

driving yeah I'm the opposite of you

guys you guys go to like warm weather

destinations we headed to the mountains

in the snow and I taught my 14-year-old

kid how to do donuts in an 81 Toyota SR5

with a five-speed thought it might roll

a couple of times because you know you

go do it in like a snowy parking lot but

there's a couple concrete patches yes

and so get it kind of swinging it and oh

this is really fun on the snow and then

it hits it like catches on the concrete

they call that catching an

edge and I was like could we put this

thing over I was like I hope not but no

I was probably just being paranoid but

it was yeah so it was crazy swinging

that truck around and having fun U my

dad when I loving it he loves it he

loves it he when he's like hey let's go

drive the truck you know I think he

might have referred to the truck as a

junker pickup at one point which it kind

of isard Howard not Howard agrees that's

what so Ray and Howard like kind of see

eye on like car selection I'm like this

is the perfect Mountain vehicle you know

but uh no it was terrific we had a

totally fun time and he's getting used

to the stick shift and uh we'll be

driving in another year awesome that's

fantastic how's Palm Springs Howard do

you like it I love Palm Springs I love

it as well yeah it's my favorite uh R

did a little skiing as well is that

right yeah winter time and Idaho man it

was fantastic there's there's it was

interesting though cuz I pull out an old

truck to drive up there everybody's

driving new stuff lots of the new in the

summer there pull out all sorts of

killer old stuff to drive around but I

was like am I like irresponsible driving

around I mean sure this thing's going to

I don't know rust or salt or whatever

but you got to drive old stuff there's a

couple Grand wagoners driving around

with ski racks and stuff on them those

are pretty

classic Scout total wreath on grill spec

but thankfully everybody's not driving a

Grenadier you know it seems like that's

what I mean you saw some graders of

course we saw graders well represented

totally so I mean a lot of just modern

Suburbans and Expeditions and stuff but

man I I think it's cool to have an old

is like our first dealership we're gonna

open as in FL could have they probably

could Seattle Idaho who knows but I I

was thinking of what a cool snow car to

drive around up there would be I I think

I had to shovel out the back of a pickup

bid that was a low point of the trip I

was like this ought to be a 4Runner

instead I wouldn't have to do this but I

thought like a beetle like having a

having like a 66 Beetle up there to

drive around in the snow I thought would

be kind of neat so anyway I'm thinking

of what other cars to B into other cars

in the snow would be Classics and I

don't know there's some fun ones

fantastic well boys should we talk about

2024 we're past it it was a big year for

bat there's some high level numbers but

you know before we do that I you know

thought it might be nice for us to just

almost take a breath and reflect on it

it felt like another we were joking

before we started that you you know that

it used to feel like the pedal was

always down but I still it feels like

that way to me to some extent in 2024

cuz we jammed man we did a tremendous

number of auctions and the flip side of

that is people are bidding on cars like

crazy still totally right like even when

people are like oh election sky is

falling or whatever event Los Angeles is

you know on fire things are crazy you

look down and you're like whoa like 475

for that car or oh that 50k car Reserve

bid to like 725 you're like whoa like

who was that guy totally so I think

there's just it's very I don't know I'm

looking down at a midyear 911 bid to 73

Grand you know and you're just like wow

people blue car people are still rocking

and rolling no that's a black cab there

was a good blue long Hood today yeah

some of that speaks to Alex you were

sharing some numbers with me of our new

new registered users in 2024 and still

crazy amounts of kind of new blood

coming into the community which which is

amazing well over 200 ,000 new users

signed up talk to me about this 20 today

2014 BMW M5 sold for 23 Grand that's the

V10 that's a lot of cars this is our

future pod subject of affordable late

model that car I don't know what that

car does in the quarter but I mean

that's that's a fast car 500 horsepower

I think unbelievable turbo 4.4 some of

them are sixspeed somebody offered me

many years ago like one for like 13

Grand and even I was like I'm too scared

of that oh my gosh 14 m5s 2018

s550s I mean you want to talk cars you

can buy for under 25 Grand that were all

180 Grand new it's a it's a long list

totally totally sorry I cut in on your

2024 recap but trying to be real serious

when I see crazy uh results like that I

love being like what what is happening

well not to put you on the spot but do

you have other highlights from the year

that seemed crazy to you that I mean the

one I was thinking about I've already

talked about this on the Pod before but

that rolling bones 32 Ford I can't stop

thinking about it still and that car

that's definitely our hot rod record 250

Grand or something like that loved that

car was looking at it again today that's

still my highlight of you still go back

to it I love that that's maybe my

favorite car we've ever listed search a

term you go rolling bones to find that

car or is it in some uh is it in some

watch list where you can get to the link

I just type in Rolling Bon he just types

in Bones it com bones it may be the yeah

I wonder how if you type that how many

come up to that that's that's like power

users have like search shortcuts like

that that's a whole podcast episode too

how do you get where you're going oh man

I navigate bat like an artist uh Howard

arti artist what about you any big

highlights from 24 individual listings

yes uh honestly when I think back to

like kind of overarching themes for 24 I

just think of like us really maturing as

a business both uh internally with our

staff and organization and processes and

kind of externally with our kind of

leadership position and our place in the

market I think that's one reason why

we're really excited for Europe Europe

feels new and challenging and

entrepreneurial and it's going to be

difficult and and a worthwhile challenge

to break into that market and you know

do half as well there as we've done on

the other side of the pond so um we're

excited for that but in answer to your

actual question yes many if I asked you

Alex how many Bugatti chirons we listed

in 2024 what would you say oh I I got a

number it was more than I thought I

think it would be five oh ni I thought

it four I thought it was two it was

actually Four we were and we sold two of

them

our number one and two results were both

chyrons I know that that's part of my

notes Here one and two they were both

one was like three and a half and one

was over four I think right Mill another

observation I had that I an item that I

feel burst onto the scene in 24 that did

not really exist previously were these

one: one scale Formula 1 display models

what is up with these wait we got some

that are half scale one to one scale we

got full scale but I feel like we've

listed like 40 of those things this year

I don't really call them like being a

thing before that so that's been

interesting do we know what they're for

they they must be for display purposes

you're a sponsor of a Formula 1 team or

something and you want something to show

for it right yeah they'll put him at an

event or they'll put them there's one I

don't know whether at Ferrari there's

one at the on the wall yes totally yeah

I I don't know but I I heard of that one

going to South America you hear that one

right the ALF for Mayo one went to South

America we had two big other ones the

alpha and I think a LS Hamilton thing

that were yeah 170 180 Grand I didn't no

I didn't didn't hear it was going

amazing like Peru we listed almost 3,000

Parts this year which like Parts in

memorabilia in which these kinds of

things are included including two 4 cam

motors for you Alex both sold that's

correct that's correct uh love seeing

the fermans love seeing them sell even

more we had our most expensive

motorcycle uh ever sold in Bat history

this year which was an Indian

1930 indan mm what's the number on that

205 205 we had two because we had

another one that also sold really strong

we had one family they were both kind of

unrestored one familyowned and then uh

another one I think that might have been

911r the one that went for 200 first

bike over 200 uh we listed MJ's 850i

that was that was early I think that

like very popular that was the number

one most popular listing this year how

many views on that uh 150 or 160k

something like that 150,000 views yeah

here let me pull it up it was a

tremendous amount E31

that's on the all time list 6B it was a

manual right no I was telling to Alex I

and I was I searched by results most

popular and like the first 35 or 40 are

all pre2 24 like all of our big most

popular I guess measured by views 21 and

22 19 to 22 yeah yeah yeah there was

some big heat back in those days that's

correct uh 128,000 on the views on the

Michael Jordan 128 215 comments sold

really well 110 Grand that's probably

that's probably the most ever for a not

CSI E31 possibly we got an Alpena one

selling this week that one will also

technically a non-m that one will get

some dough dude Jordan is Jordan was so

sick man I mean like the Schnitzer body

parts on this and stuff like what's the

documentary where it's like you know

when they were three peting uh everyone

was last dance I was watching that and

there's just a clip of him pulling up to

practice every day and this is like 96

he had a C5 Corvette must have been

pre-production or something in '95 or 96

he probably had the first one had 993

twin turbo didn't he 993 twin turbo he

rolls up in I want to say he he rolls up

in a 456 Ferrari maybe he has a C4 ZR1

that he rolls up in and it's wild

because you had to be able to drive a

stick back then now if you're an athlete

or somebody famous you can drive

everything's an automatic what are they

driving everything was a stick back then

including his E31 I have a question for

you Howard this is probably not too hard

I have a couple of them Randy already

saw these so he can't he can't cheat

what do you think the top five five most

sold makes and models are makes and

models I didn't look at this I looked at

the year list I mean you're going to

guys are going to know what the number

one make and model is well make is

Porsche right yes correct and model is

it's a Porsche I'll give you a hint I

mean we'd assume 911 is number one

number one through three it is are you

breaking it down by Era or you're just

saying 911 overall 911 okay that's

clearly that's clearly do you know what

number two is is it that's a more

nuanced question totally number two make

and model just do model individual model

is it a Corvette it is correct okay I

thought I thought that had a good chance

anybody want to try for number three

wait but which Corvette is the C all

Corvettes oh I gota yeah yeah yeah Vette

there we go I'm ready 911 911 vet Benz

it's not a Benz not a Ben no Benz in the

top five oh wow I'm I don't know what

I'm talking about well the one reason I

mean any model that's been around for 50

plus years is is a shoe for that helps

that helps so that's why vet was a good

guess think of other long-termers uh I

mean is Mustang top five number three

look at Howard he of auctions man come

on S S1 seles I'm ready also on the list

of affordable Classics uh BMW 3 Series

is number four and Toyota Land Cruiser

number five I thought like totally oh

number nine is GMC sieras we didn't go

top 10 totally so Mercedes makes top

makes the makes are Porsche Chevy Ford

Mercedes BMW in that then Ford Contour

SVT is after that do you think Toyota

might be number five

totally Randy there's your snow cars

reverse Donuts dude that would be cool

no what I need snows I do have top five

years it's really interesting weirdo

this is the one that blew my mind the

most out of all the St can you open with

just the oldest year that's in the top

five they're in a hold on wait that

ruins it they're in a row or they're not

in a row but all five of them are

sequential they're a

sequential it's like a royal flush it's

a royal FL very interesting what decade

but they're out of order they're out of

order it's a royal flush that you

dropped on the ground a pick back up yes

I mean it's either 90s or 2000s it's

2000s so number one was 06 number two is

04 number three is 07 number four is 08

and number five is 05 that is the

weirdest so through 08 are our top five

years isn't that fascinating what is

that era though it's the end of manuals

man it's like my GT3 downstairs oh right

like that's a really good ERA we haven't

done enough do you guys own a car of

that era Howard end of the analog era uh

do we own a car 08 we've got an 07 base

Cayman which is nice that's right in

there you've got a GT3 that's right in

there no traction control on that car

right it's like it is kind of an end of

an eror it's a little new for me my Audi

is an 01 I'm almost there but not quite

you're close I'm not quite there you're

close if you need the uh the RS4 that

Everyone likes then you'd be right in

there 708

RS4 are the first legal one here in the

US wow I love that Alex that's a very

fascinating stat you had your what was

your your CLK black what year was that

that's like an 04 or something that was

later yeah okay that would be a cool one

to have that white one that was a great

Car Howard and I had friction on that

one I started editing it and he was like

you're editing too much of this draft we

sold it right before they they went

crazy yeah yeah totally right at the

wrong time right at the wrong time right

at the wrong time 444 5,000 auctions for

the year 40,000 of them were cars the

rest were motos and parts 219,000 users

1.5 billion dollars in sales 40 were

Vehicles four- wheeled Vehicles 4,000

were trucks and cars okay 40,000 that's

Little curation Mix there we did what

36,000 last year so it's a big jump in

total number huge jump in volume yeah

totally and with roughly the same amount

of staff shout out to our staff they did

such an amazing job this year most

popular was MJ number two okay here's a

phenomenon I wanted to ask you about

Howard and you may have to choke back

your throw up that comes into your mouth

uh number two most popular thing after

the MJ after MJ cyber truck one of our

first trucks that was a phenomenon that

came and went that4 those went so fast

they came and like people were propping

up new websites to try to sell them and

then came crashing down and it's like 30

days later remember it was elon's going

to sue you and all this stuff and none

of that none of that ever happens none

of that ever happens all the guys in

their Porsche STS right under threat

people had to Fan themselves they were

so hot and bothered with those came out

wait this is a foundation model or

whatever cyber Beast yeah and then I

mean we'll still sell those I I still

see I saw one in town I saw one driving

here today right I was at a dealership

yeah the other day I saw about 50 of

them lying up yeah so yeah it's

fascinating that was definitely a moment

in time a brief moment for about six and

a half weeks and you also saw similar

stuff with new Broncos and Bronco

Raptors and and uh those had a longer

Shelf

a longer sort of Buzz F150 Lightnings

those those were also a brief those

pretty brief on they're still around and

cool but they're on lock are they

they're canceling it I think I think for

no they scaled it back I they're going

to keep it around but they'll scale it

back but yeah the folks that won their

cyber truck for 175 Grand that's that's

tough they're all wrapped now too so

something must happen L wrapped yeah

hard to keep it clean it's like your

refrigerator it's tough there I think

there may be one live though right I

mean they're they're still trickling

through and I me we would sell those and

they're they're an interesting vehicle

but we'll see what the future holds for

what sites were they propping up you

want name names oh I mean there there's

other auctions that were basically

betting the farm on Cyber truck flipp

I'm asking a question I already know the

answer to yeah that was a rhetorical

question yeah yeah yeah they're out

there if you look around you don't have

to search very far auction my cybertruck

docomo visit that I've got that

bookmarked that's definitely a

registered that's definitely a

registered URL

uh third most popular was a new

talk we listened to a couple of those

the like Aventador Co talk right we sold

one yes that was our third the one that

did we sell one of the gold ones or did

the gold ones go over and the other ones

bid basically with that that people just

couldn't bear to let itre we listed

three or we listed more than three three

I think those things I'm actually okay

with those I don't like the price but

I'm okay with the vehicle uh number four

Toyota SR5

Indian 1930 Scout

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