Salvage Direct to Sell Vehicles for Avis Budget Group
The car rental company will sell its vehicles using Salvage Direct's auction platform, SalvageDirect.com.
Through a new partnership, Avis Budget Group will use Salvage Direct's auction platform, SalvageDirect.com, to sell its vehicles to buyers worldwide.
"This new partnership will benefit our worldwide buyers with more high-quality, rental inventory," said Dan Hoversten, CEO of Salvage Direct Inc. "We're proud to add Avis and Budget to our rental company partners." Salvage Direct was founded in 1998 as the first online auction in the total-loss salvage industry."
Today, the company auctions cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, power sports, recreational and commercial vehicles on behalf of its insurance company, finance company, and rental fleet partners. The company offers catastrophic-loss management and insurance auction services.
"Whatever the cause of loss, insurance and rental car companies select Salvage Direct because of its experience, fast-selling cycle times, titling proficiency, worldwide buyers and simple auction site," said Bob Joyce, founder of Salvage Direct.
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