In a Japanese Licensed Dealer Car Auction's inspection, an auction grade is given indicating the vehicle's condition and is recorded on the auction sheet.

This auction grade is an index of a vehicle's total condition. In other words, you can know the general, rough condition of the vehicle through this auction grade and the vehicle's diagram on the auction sheet, even if you cannot read Japanese.

This inspection is very strict and reliable, so it is possible to make your choice through only considering the auction grade of the vehicle. So many buyers who have no Japanese language ability are choosing their vehicles through this auction grade.

However, each auction sheet includes notes by the inspector, an inspector's report, which includes important information on the vehicle's condition e.g. major mechanical trouble, such as engine knocking or a slipping transmissison, and/or other major body problems, such as major accident damage or major rust damage.

This information provides you with a clearer picture of the true condition of the vehicle, allowing you to make a more informed decision concerning your purchase, yet this inspector's report is written in Japanese.

We think that the most important part of the purchasing process is for you to have as much information as possible when choosing your vehicle.

Therefore, we provide you with a human translation of the auction sheet. Our policy is to never use automatic translation software in order for you to know as clearly as possible the complete details of the vehicle.

The Japanese Licensed Dealer Car Auction's inspection provides reliable service. However, each inspector must examine more than 70-80 vehicles per day allowing 5-10 minutes per vehicle inspection.

These auction houses, contained under 39 companies, do not have common inspection standards so their inspection standards are similar but slightly different between each company.

The skill and experience of each inspectior may also affect the final inspection result.

These factors may cause some oversights or differences in auction grades e.g. "A" auction house gives a grade "3" to a vehicle but "B" auction house gives a "RA" to the same vehicle.

On the day of the auction, we will perform our own pre-bidding inspection and confirm whether the vehicle is in the same condition as to what is stated on the auction sheet before the auction opens, and then send you our inspection report by email.

If you can comunicate with us in a timely maner, you will be able to adjust your max. bid price after you have checked our pre-bidding inspection report.

If we discover a major discrpancy between a vehicle's auction sheet and its actual condition, i.e. the vehicle is obviously in a worse condition than what is stated on the auction sheet, we will NOT bid on the vehicle as per our judgement.

At an auction house's yard, the vehicles are placed wall-to-wall with only enought space for one or two people to pass between each vehicle.

The largest auction house offers 15,000 vehicles in its yard, which looks like a carpet of cars you could walk on without touching the ground.

We have to perform our pre-bidding inspection in a situation where we cannot drive, move, or lift the vehicle up.

Therefore, after winning a bid at auction, we will transport your vehicle to our garage and perform our after-purchase inspection.