15 years ago. MX5's GTO's MR2's SVX's 300ZX's Supra's Soarer's even used to see a few V8 Nissan Leopard's.
Yes, all quirky cars that were impractical, but interesting nonetheless. Then we became all sensible and now it's all boring SUV's and small hatchbacks. I miss those days.
3tomany,
Jul 5, 7:29pm
Yes i agree. Auctions seem to have become a dumping ground for low quality returned lease and junk cars that are not tradeable in a quality used car yard. Very rare to find a gem at the auction yard these days.
intrade,
Jul 5, 7:50pm
that is mostly because the modern plastic garbage emission laws and frontal impact standard all have to bee the same shape to meet the requirements. the Aston martin could not have the bonnet because the pedestrian hit the bonnet and engine below is to close to meet the laws. So they all make suv garbage to fit all the 100,000 airbags and what ever else garbage is passed by laws to be there. and to compete they cut cost by sourcing the lowest quality components and or cut corners in electronic like software who fully whipes out if you have a low battery like in the french garbage brand.
bumfacingdown,
Jul 5, 8:28pm
You are a little ray of sunshine
poppy62,
Jul 5, 8:50pm
You are a little ray of sunshine Quote bumfacingdown (12 12 positive feedback) 10:28 am, Sun 5 Jul #4
The Highways and Byways of Aotearoa are absolutely littered with vehicles broken down with Electronic problems. So much so that even the Tow trucks are parked up with issues. Hoping that the buses and trains aren't infected also. Even afraid to get on a bicycle in case the Chinese made chain fails. He has to be a Wednesday's Child!
tamarillo,
Jul 5, 9:02pm
Poppycock. It’s customer demand that’s made lots of SUVs . Lots of sports cars being made still and likes of Aston going strong. Bmw’s supra out, gt86 going strong.
tamarillo,
Jul 5, 9:05pm
Years back went to turners auctions in down town Auckland and loved the weird and plain janes of so many types. When we still had engine and gearbox reconditioners with exchange units I’d buy cortinas and then like cheap cheap cheap and doa day swap of broken part. Lots of minis for my sins.
franc123,
Jul 5, 10:43pm
Lol I don't think that's a "new" thing somehow. Everything is there for a reason. When I was attending auctions many years ago you'd be lucky if there was 10% of the stuff there that was worth bidding on, they would attract all the buyers attention and would sell for realistically more than it should. This was of course in the days when much of what was there was knackered rusty junk from the 80's and you had no consumer protection at all other than they'd guarantee the thing wasnt stolen or financially encumbered.
s_nz,
Jul 6, 1:11am
Going to an Auction seems pretty antiquated in 2020.
For anything interesting (and boring for that matter), an online marketing & sales process is likely to have a greater reach of potential buyers.
In NZ at least the available of good person to person used markets (trademe, facebook marketplace etc), mean there is little need for private individuals to attend a physical auction, instead being able to filter down to exactly what they are looking for.
The remaining value of the a mass physical action format, is for commercial buyers & sellers who want/need to buy or sell a lot of vehicles fairly quickly. For example lease companies deposing of returned vehicles, dealers disposing of trades that don't fit their yard, and dealers buying up stock (without the hassle of visiting various trade-me sellers & car fares).
And of course area's that need disposal systems that avoid the perception of corruption from selling at below market value, such as police auctions & government department disposals.
And of course the sale of very rare & exotic cars where the auction is more like an art auction than a car auction.
As others have said, the vehicle fleet is getting more similar over time. Customer expectations, combined with design constrains results in many modern cars being very similar. The vast majority of our fleet is now FWD, transverse engine, 4 door etc. Interesting stuff like 2 door cars, open top / convertible etc is getting increasing rare in NZ.
kazbanz,
Jul 6, 7:00pm
depends what auction you go to --some are weird
gazzat22,
Jul 6, 8:49pm
Kaz .Agree with you totally.I used to go to Turners But gave up as the place was overwhelmed by ! .
beno,
Jul 9, 9:26am
i used to go to Hammer auctions in Auckland for entertainment. the croocked dealings that used to happen there was outstanding. They would dim all the lights so u couldnt view the cars properly.
tgray,
Jul 9, 6:13pm
The coke vending machine at Turners sure took a lot of bids.
gblack,
Jul 13, 12:46pm
Looking at an A180 in a car sale yard on the North Shore that specialized in Euros, seemed to be some interesting cars that didn't fit into the boring category. Things like a Citroen Cactus, Fiat 500x and some Megane RS's etc.
May not be great cars, but not yet another Tilda, Swift, Fit etc.
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