Dubai: Emirates Transport Media Dept.

Al Wataneya Auctions, a subsidiary of Emirates Transport (ET), has reported the sale of 3,868 used vehicles in the first eight months of the year.

The sold vehicles represent a 61.3% increase on the same period of last year, according to Salman Mohammed Ibrahim, manager of Al Wataneya Auctions.

He stated that the vehicles were made available to the public through 36 online auctions and included vehicles from a range of public and private sector establishments, individual motorists as well as ET’s own fleet.

Ibrahim added that the types of vehicles sold include industrial-purpose vehicles, pick-up trucks, four-wheel drive vehicle, saloon cars and buses.

The manager of Al Wataneya Auctions pointed out that the centre provide assessments of the technical conditions of vehicles through their own auto services team, before preparing detailed reports for bidders, giving them an accurate assessment of the vehicles on sale, adding that the auctioned vehicles come with maintenance record and warranties.  

Salman stressed that the e-auction service is available with full transparency, and is easily accessible to all categories of the public, who can inspect the auctioned vehicles at ET’s stations in Juwaize’e, Sharjah and Musafah, Abu Dhabi.