Staff and customers at BCA Bedford are celebrating the auction centre’s first birthday today with a week full of special sales.

Today features a Vauxhall closed sale of 175 vehicles and tomorrow, there is a special German Marque Sale, featuring over 200 cars direct from Lex.

Thursday’s sale will provide another selection of 500 cars, entered by Bedford’s regular customers including Lex, Vauxhall Leasing, Masterlease, Lombard, Pendragon, Grosvenor Contracts, Croyland Motors, Wayside Group and Bristol Street Motors.

The week concludes on Friday with a special multi-manufacturer open sale of 200 cars, with entries direct from Ford, Vauxhall, Peugeot, Honda and Kia.

Officially opened by The Mayor of Bedford, Frank Branstone, on September 28, 2005, BCA Bedford has sold over 34,000 cars, vans and trucks since the opening.

Alongside the regular car sales every Monday and Thursday, the centre also holds a twice monthly LCV programme and a monthly truck and heavy commercial sale.