KCI Auto Auction Shows Off New Facility with Special Sales

Kansas City Independent Auto Auction has hosted a series of special events to welcome customers to its all-new facility which opened in July. 

After years of planning, Kansas City Independent Auto Auction (KCI) unveiled its all-new facility, welcoming more than 500 dealers to its inaugural sale on Thursday, July 31. The auction, which has been doing business as the Kansas Auto Auction in Elwood, Kansas, opened 40 miles from the site where it had been operating since 1978. The new facility includes a 20,000 square foot building housing business offices, six auction lanes in the selling arena, a full service restaurant, on-site PDR, and parking for more then 1500 vehicles. 

The auction's official grand opening was held on Thursday, September 18 with a record-setting consignment of more than 1,000 vehicles (more than double the average consignment at the auction's old location), including 75 units from Suzuki, and posting a 60% overall sale. As part of the day's activities, the auction awarded more than $10,000 in cash and prizes. 

KCI followed its Grand Opening event with its first annual "Nascar Days" on September 25th. In addition to its regular consignment, the auction featured more than 100 units from KIA Motors, represented by Gino Greco. Free food was served to all dealers attending the sale, and every buyer qualified for the grand prize drawing for tickets to the Nascar Races at nearby Kansas Raceway, which took place the following weekend.. 

On October 15th and 16th, KCI showed off its new facility during its 4th annual "Rocktoberfest", a two-day event that included live entertainment and a 1000+ unit sale. On Wednesday evening, the auction opened its doors to more than 700 customers who were treated to tours of the new facility, enjoyed dinner on the house and rocked the night away with the KCI staff as they were entertained by "Chute Nine", a high-energy country band that kept toes tapping and hands clapping all evening. 

On Thursday, the sale brought 500 buyers through the door to bid on a varied consignment that included vehicles from Triad, Westlake Financial, ARI, Boeing Wichita Credit Union, Suzuki, Community America Credit Union, Fireside Bank and more. To include the two-day event, drawings were held for $10,000 in cash and prizes. 

Kansas City Independent Auto Auction's new facility is situated on 71 acres, just off Interstate 29 and five minutes from the Kansas City Airport. The auction holds a dealer consignment sale every Thursday. 

Kansas City Independent Auto Auction operates under the Auction Pipeline technology platform which delivers live auction lane bidding online and provides market reports of auction sale results and available inventory while allowing dealers to source vehicles from more than 20 Independent Auto Auctions nationwide. KCI is also a member of the National Auto Auction Association and uses the AutoIMS inventory management system. 

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