Comprehensive Auction Prep for Maximum Bids at City of Cars

As a Bring a Trailer Local Partner, City of Cars provides a white-glove concierge experience designed to maximize your auction results. We take the stress out of selling by handling every detail, ensuring your vehicle is presented to the global BaT community in its best possible light.

From high-end collector cars to modern enthusiast daily drivers, our Metro Detroit facility is equipped to elevate your listing and drive higher bids.

City of Cars provides a comprehensive array of services, including:

Detailing

Photography

Videography

Mechanical Repairs

Body Repairs

Transportation

Importing & Exporting

Local Storage

... and more!

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Frequently Asked Questions About Selling on Bring a Trailer in Troy, MI

As a Bring a Trailer Local Partner in Troy, City of Cars handles the whole process for you. We prep, photograph, and list your vehicle to BaT's global community of enthusiast buyers, manage your auction, and coordinate the sale, giving you a white-glove experience designed to maximize your final bid.

A Bring a Trailer Local Partner is a trusted facility BaT works with to prepare and present vehicles for auction. As the Metro Detroit partner, City of Cars brings professional prep and local, hands-on service, so you get expert help without shipping your car across the country.

Bring a Trailer charges a listing fee that starts around $99, and premium listing tiers cost more. City of Cars' concierge auction prep is a separate service we'll quote based on what your vehicle needs. Contact our Troy team at (248) 458-1500 for details on both before you list.

If you have a collector, enthusiast, exotic, or interesting modern vehicle, Bring a Trailer reaches a passionate, global audience that often drives strong prices. For an everyday car where you just want quick cash, our KBB Instant Cash Offer may suit you better. We'll help you choose.

Our concierge auction prep covers everything your listing needs to shine: professional detailing, photography, and videography, plus mechanical and body repairs, transportation, importing and exporting, and local storage. Presenting your vehicle in its best light to the BaT community is how we help drive higher bids.

Bring a Trailer focuses on collector, classic, exotic, and enthusiast vehicles, generally model year 1981 and newer, though special older cars qualify too. From vintage classics to modern performance and daily drivers with a following, City of Cars can help you present it well. Ask us if yours is a fit.

A reserve is the minimum price you're willing to accept. On Bring a Trailer you can list with a reserve or as a no-reserve auction, which often attracts more bidders. City of Cars will help you weigh the trade-offs and set a strategy that fits your goals for the sale.

You can list on BaT yourself, but presentation drives bids, and that's hard to do well alone. City of Cars provides professional photography, videography, detailing, and repairs, plus auction guidance, so your vehicle stands out to serious buyers. Our goal is a stronger final price than a DIY listing.

Our Metro Detroit facility in Troy is equipped to handle the full prep, and we offer transportation if you can't bring the vehicle in yourself. We also provide local storage during the listing. Whether you're in Troy, Sterling Heights, or anywhere nearby, we make dropping off or pickup easy.

No problem. If your vehicle isn't a collector or enthusiast car, Bring a Trailer may not be the right venue, but City of Cars still wants to buy it. Get a fast KBB Instant Cash Offer or sell your car in Troy directly to us instead.