8 | T.E.S.T interview
The best vehicle
to drive quality
Europe’s biggest automotive auctioneer, BCA has a host of
complex systems under continuous development at its Farnham
headquarters in Surrey. T.E.S.T editor Matt Bailey discussed
business with BCA system tester Sally McCowan-Wright.
B
ritish Car Auctions (BCA) vehicle manufacturers, from fleet and
says it brings more vehicle leasing companies, finance houses,
buyers and sellers together dealer groups, government and local
across Europe than any other authorities and the motor trade as
organisation. In Austria, Belgium, well as from the general public. From
Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, cars, vans, heavy commercials, plant
Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and equipment, to caravans and
“The builders of software
Sweden and the United Kingdom motorhomes and motorcycles the
BCA is making vehicle remarketing BCA claims to have the widest
generally don’t use
more profitable and successful with available range.
it. So obviously there
physical auction sales, online sales, Clearly, keeping this major needs to be stages in the
logistics and preparation, and many organisation on the road takes
development process
other services. sophisticated systems. Maintaining
where functionality is
In the UK, BCA has 100 weekly and keeping track of the inventory
auctions – plus a range of online alone is a serious undertaking and
thoroughly put through its
auctions – with over 15,000 used the company has its own in-house paces before it reaches the
vehicles consigned for sale at any one development and testing groups to
end user.”
time. Stock is entered direct from the keep all systems running smoothly.
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