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Manheim and NextGear Capital Host Largest-Ever Cargaritaville Event Celebrating Summer with 40,000-Unit Regional Auction
Flip Flops, Steel Drums and Inventory Paradise Deliver Fun and Sales
“We look forward to Cargaritaville every year because it’s a great way to blend fun and business,” said Mark Ford, regional vice president, southeast. “There is massive inventory for dealers to choose from and each participating Manheim location adds their own unique flavor to the event. It’s a blast!”

ATLANTA – Manheim’s dealer-only Cargaritaville sale is set to deliver great fun and buying/selling opportunities as the one-of-a-kind regional auction event offers more than 40,000 used vehicles during the week of July 11-15. This third annual event is expanding beyond its traditional Florida borders to attract dealers from across the Southeast, including Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.

“We look forward to Cargaritaville every year because it’s a great way to blend fun and business,” said Mark Ford, regional vice president, southeast. “There is massive inventory for dealers to choose from and each participating Manheim location adds their own unique flavor to the event. It’s a blast!”

This year NextGear Capital, the industry’s leading provider of lending products for vehicle dealers and auctions, joins Manheim to host the event. In addition to help dealers capture needed inventory, the NextGear team will add to the festivities by distributing Hawaiian leis to dealers on site.

“Our team is so excited about being part of this combined auction and party,” said Geoff Wiley, Texas Direct Auto. “Who knew work could be so much fun and rewarding at the same time.”

Sale days are filled with a vast selection of vehicles and loads of festivities. Contests, beach-themed prize giveaways, live entertainment and delicious cuisine are all within arm’s reach of the lanes.

Participating locations include Manheim Atlanta, Manheim Birmingham, Manheim Caribbean, Manheim Darlington, Manheim Daytona Beach, Manheim Central Florida, Manheim Fort Lauderdale, Manheim Fort Myers, Manheim Georgia, Manheim Jacksonville, Manheim Lakeland, Manheim Metro Atlanta, Manheim Nashville, Manheim North Carolina, Manheim Orlando, Manheim Palm Beach, Manheim Pensacola, Manheim St. Petersburg and Manheim Tampa.

About Manheim North America

Manheim® is North America’s leading provider of vehicle remarketing services, connecting buyers and sellers to the largest wholesale used vehicle marketplace and most extensive auction network. Through its 115 physical, digital and mobile auction sales, the company helps dealer and commercial clients achieve business results by providing innovative end-to-end inventory solutions. Approximately 18,000 employees enable Manheim to register about seven million used vehicles per year, facilitate transactions representing nearly $50 billion in value and generate annual revenues of more than $2.6 billion. Headquartered in Atlanta, Manheim North America is a Cox Automotive™ brand. For more information, visit http://press.manheim.com.

About Cox Automotive

Cox Automotive, Inc. is transforming the way the world buys, sells and owns cars with industry-leading digital marketing, software, financial, wholesale and e-commerce solutions for consumers, dealers, manufacturers and the overall automotive ecosystem worldwide. Committed to open choice and dedicated to strong partnerships, the Cox Automotive family includes Autotrader®, Dealer.com®, Dealertrack®, Kelley Blue Book®, Manheim®, NextGear Capital®, vAuto®, Xtime® and a host of other brands. The global company has nearly 30,000 team members in more than 200 locations and is partner to more than 40,000 auto dealers, as well as most major automobile manufacturers, while engaging U.S. consumer car buyers with the most recognized media brands in the industry.  Cox Automotive is a subsidiary of Cox Enterprises, Inc., an Atlanta-based company with revenues of $18 billion and approximately 55,000 employees. Cox Enterprises’ other major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications and Cox Media Group. For more information about Cox Automotive, visit www.coxautoinc.com.

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