Register in our online car auction system and then you can see over 50 auctions house running 6 days per week. We can give you a good idea on market prices and work out if it suits your budget situation.

If the above works, we would then request a deposit and we will start working for you - translating the Japanese auction inspection reports attached to each car, physically attending the auction to inspect vehicles and take photos for you, and finally bidding on the car up to whatever amount you tell us.

At the time of writing (June 2019) we purchased a company vehicle which was a 2012 BMW motorcycle which has 790 km on it! They do exist! Most people in Japan do not drive during the week and the car is for special outings on the weekend.

During inspections, we check things like how old the tyres are date stamped and do they match the kms (cars that are rarely used often have old cracking tyres), brake disk wear, tampering marks around the instrument cluster, do the odometer digits align in older cars and the overall condition and wear for the age and kms travelled. With the number of cars we inspect each week, we have become very good at assessing this.

The auction houses in Japan have a central database that they access to check if a car has been through the auction system before and the kms travelled.

The Japanese Ministry of Transport records the kms for each registration renewal which is 2 years for most cars. If there are any discrepancies it is noted.

It is also possible to have another specialist inspection company check the car and certify that kms as genuine. Previosuly, we had about 200 vehicles inspected over a 2 - 3 year period for one customer and about 4 vehicles failed due to tampering (when the auction house had not picked up a discrepancies). In all cases where we made a claim against the seller, we were refunded for the car.

Yes, it generally is cheaper than buying dealer stock cars. It is also fair because the market determines the price. Keeping a car in stock is more expensive and uses are more capital.

Sure, sometimes dealers want to offload stock quickly and it’s possible to find great buys, although it’s a lot of searching. You can check Japanese local dealer websites like GooNet or Carsensor to get an idea.

We don't get this question as much as we did years ago, but it does come up occasionally, so here’s some tips:

Do your research online, search our company name, the owner's name (Brendan Gee), and check out our “online footprint”. For example, you could check out our Facebook page, YouTube Videos, and see how long we have been around for.

Finally, you could also check to see if a Japanese company is registered with the Japanese National Tax Agency by entering our corporate number into this website:

https://www.houjin-bangou.nta.go.jp/

Our Corporate Number is: 6120003007859

We do personal inspections at USS Yokohama, USS Tokyo, USS Nagoya.
Occasionally we inspect at other auction houses by special request, for example, if you have a strong bid on a car that you really want, and we discuss it in advance, we may be able to check cars at HAA Kobe, USS Osaka, MIRVE Osaka.

Our busiest inspection days are Thursday at USS Tokyo and Friday at USS Nagoya. We are up and moving before the crack of dawn on these days are we request that you have bids placed very early - before 7 am. We cannot guarantee to fulfil an inspection request after this time, however, we always do our best to try if we can fit it in.

Our main goal is to verify the original auction house inspection report that we have seen in advance and tell you about things that are not mentioned in the auction house report.
Some of the things we would check that the auction house inspectors would not check are; coating/paint thickness, checking oils or coolant, testing convertible roofs, suspension systems, tyre condition, brakes. In addition, you will receive good quality photos of all parts of the vehicle.

The auction houses check body condition, interior condition, rust, leaking fluids / oils. The auctions houses do not do coating thickness checks, removing oil caps or radiator caps to check fluids, test convertible roofs, suspension systems, tyre condition and brakes.

We can arranage contractors to inspect at most auction houses for an additional fee. The service varies depending on the auction house, for example often it is not possible to get additional photos.