A 10th anniversary sale at Manheim Washington saw 400 vehicles sold with a Cap Clean performance of 100.78% and 93.7% conversion rate.

Paul Lucas, centre manager, said: “There is a buoyant used car market in the north east and the exceptional conversion rates in the past eight months demonstrate this.”

The sale, celebrating 10-years of sales at Washington, follows an eight-month programme of sales for First National Motor Finance which resulted in a 100% conversion rate at every sale.

Some of the highlights of the 10th anniversary event were:
Ford Probe 2.0 97R £4,025 (129.84% Cap Clean)
Renault Clio 1.2RN 99V £4,800 (109.71%)
Toyota Avensis 1.8GS 98S £6,050 (106.71%)
Vauxhall Vectra 1.8LS 98S £4,675 (105.65%)
Peugeot 106 1.1 Zest 2 99S £3,650 (98.99%)
Ford Galaxy 1.9TD Ghia X 98S £10,750 (108.04%)
Volvo S40 1.9 T4 SE 00X £12,800 (118.24%)
Audi A6 1.8T SE 98S £10,300 (100.49%).