About Us
Cool Car Auctions
Auction your enthusiast car — anything cool and exciting.
Low Fees
Buyers pay a 5% commission, capped at $7,500. Sellers list for free and receive 100% of the sale price.
More Information
We provide vehicle history reports for every vehicle listed on Cars & Bids — for free.
Easy to Use
We’ve developed several new features that innovate buying and selling enthusiast cars online.
Doug & Bids
Car reviewer Doug DeMuro brings a huge audience to Cars & Bids
— along with his commentary.
About Us
Over the last few years, many car enthusiasts have started turning their attention to recent vehicles – cars from the 1980s, 1990s, and beyond. Automotive reviewer Doug DeMuro realized there isn’t yet a specific place that’s built for the modern enthusiast and tailored to buying and selling their favorite cars, but there should be – so he and a team created Cars & Bids, with its simple name modeled after Doug’s famous pursuit of “quirks and features.”
Cars & Bids is the best online auction marketplace to buy and sell cool enthusiast cars. To us, “cool” ranges from the obvious (a Ferrari F355 or a Lamborghini Gallardo) to the esoteric (a pristine Dodge Dakota Convertible or a Mercury Capri XR2) to the traditional fun cars that enthusiasts love (a Mazda MX-5 Miata or a Porsche 911). Basically everything that’s exciting, fun, interesting, or quirky is welcome here.
Although there are many places to buy and sell a special car, Cars & Bids offers significant advantages over other websites. Here are just a few of our benefits:
- We’re focused on enthusiast cars. That means anyone interested in exciting cars will come here first to buy and sell.
- Our fees are low. Sellers list for free, and the buyer's fee is just 5%, with a minimum of $250 and a maximum of $7,500 — far below other auction houses and enthusiast car auction websites.
- We believe that every vehicle should come with a vehicle history report – so we provide one, for free, instead of asking sellers to pay for their own.
- Doug DeMuro will bring extra eyes – and extra buyers – to your cars, periodically reviewing cars offered on Cars & Bids. If your car is chosen, you’ll get far more eyes on your vehicle than any other auction platform on earth.
- While other car auctions take weeks or even months to get your car listed and available to buyers, we’ll get your car listed quickly – and we’ll even take your input on scheduling your car’s auction.
- Cars & Bids makes it easy to submit your car for sale. We value your time by asking for only a few crucial details before letting you know whether or not we’re accepting your vehicle. That means you don’t have to waste your time providing initial information only to have your car rejected.
- Cars & Bids is the most user-friendly online automotive marketplace, with easy sorting and searching – and simplified auctions that tell you exactly what you need to know about each vehicle.
- Our post-auction support is unmatched. Cars & Bids SafePay makes completing your transaction fast, easy, and secure. If you prefer to handle the transaction yourself, we’re always here to answer your questions and lend a hand.