Big
Boy Toyz showcased a list of 19 exclusive cars for auction including Rolls
Royces, Cadillacs, Buicks, Chevrolets, Land Rovers, Austin, Mercedes and
others. These cars were renowned collections from all over the country and were
being displayed at the flagship showroom in Gurugram.
The
auction for Beetle started at Re 1 and went up to Rs 25 lakh. The awe-inspiring
Volkswagen Beetle 1960, was sold at Rs 25 lakh to Sahil Arora, 21-year-old tech
entrepreneur of Vuzelaa Group. The auction saw participation from new set of
clients who didn't know where to buy vintage cars from and most were first time
vintage car buyers. Few celebrities also participated in the auction. MS Dhoni
participated in the auction and bought a Land Rover 3 for himself. There were
high interest and strong response on all the cars with 50% of the total stock
being sold.
Jatin
Ahuja, Founder and MD, Big Boy Toyz spoke about the event, "Vintage and classic
cars are a multibillion dollar industry globally. We are the first company to
introduce it in an organised and efficient way in India. These auctions are
aimed at all the car enthusiasts of the country who love vintage and classic
cars. Owning a vintage car and classic car is a unique experience like owning a
painting, owning a piece of art. Gradually this business is going to expand in
the country and we will do our best to bring the best Vintage and Classic cars
for all the car enthusiasts in the country. We want to be a platform where
people can always find the vintage and classic cars they desire."
Big
Boy Toyz wants to strengthen their vintage and classic car division in the
country and aims to expand it into a Rs 100 crore vertical in the coming years.
BBT has planned to come up with fresh online auctions of vintage and classic
cars every two months. The next auction is scheduled to happen again by the end
of February 2022 with new inventory of vintage and classic cars.
BBT
provided the bidders with two premium plans to choose from. The Enthusiasts
Plan was priced at Rs 1 lakh and allowed bidders to bid for two cars, and a
Connoisseur Plan which required a Rs 2 lakh deposit where bidders were eligible
to bid for four cars with no upper limit
on the car values.
BBT
is one of the first automobile company in India to venture into the online
auctioning of vintage and classic cars. All the vintage cars that were
auctioned by BBT were evaluated by experts and went through assured quality
checks. The result of the e-auction was announced on January 8, 2022.