The Daily Vroom

Table of Contents

• Market Leaderboard

• Yesterday's Top 5 Sales

• Sale of the Day

• Your Feedback

• Auctions To Watch

MARKET LEADERBOARD

💰 The figures shared below don’t count any other sales such as car seats, memorabilia etc… All online auction sites are analyzed to put this leaderboard together.

I only include websites that have sold 5+ vehicles in the chart below.

YESTERDAY’S TOP 5 SALES

Want to dive deeper into any of these listings? Just click on the car to take you directly to the listing.

Sale of the Day

One of the highest C2S sales across any platform in years. Final-year air-cooled, widebody, 6-speed, black over black, carbon sport seats, hollow-spokes, Fister exhaust, PSS10s — it had the goods.

But the premium came from how it was sold.

Tarek307 the seller laid out a blueprint: full transparency, real detail, and a track record buyers trust. Comments were filled with past customers vouching for him. Even the winning bidder was a repeat.

Other sellers take note — this is how you earn top dollar.

Your Feedback

Yesterday we ran two polls. First question: Would you bid on a European listing if the seller included clear U.S. import costs (shipping, duties, fees) upfront in the listing?

73% of you said yes. No gray area there.

Like I said yesterday — this info shouldn’t live in the comments. It needs its own section, baked into the listing. Simple fix, big upside. Buyers get clarity, sellers get more action. Everyone wins.

In our second poll, we asked: Would you attend a Cars & Bids roadshow if it came to your area?

Another clear result — 69% of you said you’d show up.

That’s a strong signal. This community wants to connect offline, not just behind a screen.

Auctions To Keep An Eye On

This 1995 Mercedes-Benz E320 Cabriolet is not ultra-low miles, but right in the sweet spot — 32k on the clock and fully sorted. This is a final-year A124 cabriolet, and that matters. Mercedes engineered these with zero regard for cost. Each chassis was unique — no platform sharing here — and the cabriolet was the rarest of them all.

This one’s in Black Pearl over Beige, a classy combo you don’t see often, and it comes with the original draft deflector, CD changer, and a clean Carfax. Inside, the wood trim is crack-free, the leather’s clean, and everything works — including the soft top, which just got a fresh hydraulic service.

Most importantly, all the expensive jobs are done:
✅ Mercedes head gasket at 27k
✅ New engine + lower wiring harnesses
✅ Throttle actuator, brakes, fluids, battery, tires — all handled

These drive like nothing else. Solid, elegant, and quietly overbuilt. High-mile cars can feel worn and loose. This one still feels like a proper 1990s S-Class convertible — because it is.

If there was ever a car destined for Cars & Bids, it’s this one. Quirky, retro-futuristic, youth-market Japanese oddball. But it’s not on Cars & Bids, it’s listed on BaT.

Instead, this 2000 WiLL Vi is live on BaT, and it’s glorious. Designed by committee under Toyota’s “Project WiLL” banner, it’s what happens when a focus group of 20-year-olds and a Citroën stylist walk into a bar. Triple-dented panels. Bench seats. Pastel pink paint. Center-mounted speedo. All built on a Yaris chassis. Ridiculous, yes. Reliable, also yes.

Only 30k miles. Just serviced. And most importantly — it turns 25 this April, which means it’s fully legal to import into the US right now. If you’re even thinking about going full JDM weird, this is your excuse.

This car shouldn’t exist. But it does. And someone’s going to get a conversation piece that runs like a Toyota.

You won’t win Cars & Coffee… but you’ll win something way better — the parking lot.

Above we covered the Toyota WiLL Vi — Japan’s retro-futurist oddball built to charm 20-somethings into car ownership. Now, we flip the script with Japan’s most intimidating executive car: the 1997 Toyota Century.

Forget quirky. This one's all power, presence, and deep mystery.

Imported just in time under the 25-year rule, this G50-generation Century is the kind of car that didn’t just transport power — it represented it.

For decades, these were hand-built for government elites, CEOs, and yes, the occasional Yakuza boss. The V12 under the hood was Japan’s only production twelve-cylinder. And while it was officially rated at 276 hp (thanks to the gentleman’s agreement), everyone knew that number was a lie.

This example - Black-on-gray. U.S. titled. Only ~65k miles. Tinted windows, aftermarket wheels, height-adjustable air suspension, and a repaint that reportedly sparkles with copper flake under the sun. Inside, it’s full lounge spec: reclining, massaging rear seats, soft-close doors, privacy curtains, rear TV and VCR, and controls for just about everything... from the back seat, of course.

And then there’s the red stain in the trunk 🩸!

Yup. It’s in the listing. It’s in the comments. And it’s in the lore now. No explanation. No apology. Just a wink and a “that came from Japan too.”

You don’t buy this car for the spec sheet. You buy it because it feels like something. Because it hints at a past no one really wants to dig into — and it looks like it could still chauffeur someone you don’t ask questions about.

It’s not just the quirkiest luxury sedan on Cars & Bids this week — it might be the most interesting car, full stop.

Show up to Cars & Coffee in a Century, and you’re getting attention.

Open the trunk... and you’re getting questions.