The Dealer Auction in Chicago - TSAA

Dealer-only, Wholesale Auction - 9 AM Every Wednesday

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If you are looking for THE Dealer auction or auto auctions in the Chicago area, use Tri-State Auto Auction's wholesale car auction.  Our wholesale auction in Chicago serves as a venue for dealers to both sell and purchase vehicles.

Dealers bring cars to our South Chicago wholesale auction for many reasons, including:

• Some dealers have accepted a trade-in vehicle, but do not actually sell that particular vehicle on their greater Chicago car lots. Dealers accept trades even when they do not need them for their own used car inventory, complete a sale with a consumer, and then send the trade-in to our dealer auction to sell it to another dealer who does need it for his inventory.
• When a dealer has excess inventory of a particular make and model of vehicle or just needs to reduce his inventory count in general, that dealer may send some of the stock to Chicago's Tri-State Auto Auction.
• Other dealers may want to get rid of a particular type of car that is not selling well on their lots, so they auction them at our car dealer auction in Chicago Illinois to make room for models that are moving well.

While only dealers are allowed to purchase vehicles at car dealer auctions, they are not the only sellers. Financial institutions, banks, lenders, repo companies, rental car agencies, state government, federal government, municipal and local goverment and big business fleet cars sell vehicles at wholesale car auctions. These automobiles sent toTSAA's Chicago wholesale auction have either been repossessed, are no longer in use as fleet vehicles, or are off-lease vehicles. 

Wholesale auctions are a great place for dealers to sell and purchase vehicles in Illinois. They can sell their own inventory at an auction while purchasing vehicles at market price to resale on their lots. Some dealer auctions specialize in certain types of cars (used, foreign, domestic, collectibles, and so on), and our Chicagoland car dealer auctions are a great place for dealers always find just the right cars at the right prices. Take a look at our facility and photos of past auto auctions.