SAVANNAH, Ga., FLINT, Mich. and PHOENIX -

Michigan’s own Flint Auto Auction will host its inaugural sale featuring vehicles from Chrysler Capital and Santander Consumer USA on Feb. 11. The sale, which the auction expects will include 100 units, will run vehicles for the account every other week.

“We are delighted to welcome Chrysler Capital/Santander Consumer USA to Flint Auto Auction,” said John Luce, Flint’s co-owner and vice president. “Santander Consumer USA is one of the largest vehicle remarketers in the country, and consistently offers a great mix of vehicles. We know they’ll attract a tremendous amount of attention in the lane, particularly with the Santander 7 certification program. There is also a ready market here at Flint Auto Auction for the Chrysler group off-lease vehicles, which are certified to meet even the most exacting standards of the buyers in the lanes.”

In Georgia’s oldest city, the Southeastern Auto Auction of Savannah wrapped up its Grand Re-Opening and $10,000 Cash Giveaway Sale on Wednesday. The auction event was the first Southeastern has hosted after three months of renovations and ended up breaking all of the auction’s previous records by featuring over 900 consigned vehicles and over 500 attending dealers.

Following the sale, three dealers got a piece of the $10,000 giveaway, including Vaden Chevrolet ($5,000), JAK Auto Sales ($3,000) and Redding’s Auto Mart ($2,000).

“I want to thank every dealer who helped make this the most successful sale in Southeastern Auto Auction’s history,” said Bill McCready, the auction’s vice president. “I also want to thank the SEAA team, which I am very proud of.”

SEAA hosts its dealer-only sales every Wednesday at 10 a.m. EST and its public sale every Thursday at 7 p.m. EST.

In the Valley of the Sun, Dealers Auto Auction of the Southwest down in Phoenix announced the completion of its mobile operating system, Sale Day Mobile, which not only gives dealers access to auction data streams, but also enables the use of mobile technology prior to and during auction sales streamline both online and in-lane functions.

“When you have a vision and partners like WTG and the Web Guys, you can accomplish anything you want,” said Stephanie Gingras, auction general manager. “In conjunction with our partners’ software, iPads check-in, image, [provide] condition reports and upload all that data wirelessly to our website, our server and to AutoIMS.”

DAASW says it has put mobile devices at the disposal of all key operating staff, including lane leaders, while also providing them with email address to communicate both internally with staff and externally with dealers.

For more information about DAASW, visit its website.