Classic Car Auctions is an auction house in the classic sense, and that model does not suit everyone. The car moves to their site and stays there until after the auction, uninsured by the auction house; you pay a commission on the sale price plus a €150 entry fee if the car does not sell; the buyer usually pays 12.5% auction fees excluding VAT, and payout usually follows within three weeks of handover. If you would rather keep the car at home, move faster or have the buyer carry lower fees, there are alternatives. Below they sit side by side, with the published rates per platform.
Online auction platform for enthusiast cars in Western Europe. You pay no seller commission, the car stays with you, we write the listing and around every auction we run a targeted campaign in twelve countries, at our cost on regular auctions.
Western Europe: the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden and Finland
Online auction for enthusiast cars
International, with a clear focus on the United Kingdom and Australia
Online auction platform for enthusiast cars and motorcycles, alongside a fixed-price offering (Direct te koop)
The Netherlands: the car must be located in the Netherlands (just across the border by arrangement). Promotion national and international
Read the full Octane vs The Collectables comparison →Online auction for classics, youngtimers, sports cars and motorcycles; lots close during a weekly Thursday-evening public auction in Waalwijk, led by an auctioneer, where bids can also be placed in the room
International: the cars are with sellers across Europe, on 2 October 2026 in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Belgium and Austria among others. Route 66 cites more than 150,000 users and speaks of buyers worldwide. Bidding and payment in euros. The site comes in eleven languages; English is the original, the other versions are machine-translated
Read the full Octane vs Route 66 Auctions comparison →Generalist online auction platform with weekly auctions in many categories; classic and collector cars are one of them
Worldwide: according to Catawiki active in more than 60 countries and 17 languages
Read the full Octane vs Catawiki comparison →Auction intermediary with physical intake and showrooms; the cars are shown on its own site, the bidding runs through external auction platforms (Bright Auctions or Troostwijk)
The Netherlands: locations in Milsbeek and Tiel; according to Automotive Auctions, buyers in more than 50 countries
Read the full Octane vs Automotive Auctions comparison →International online marketplace for classic vehicles: classified listings and, since July 2024, online auctions. Also fixed-price and make-an-offer sales
International, from Berlin: by Classic Trader’s account, listings from more than 35 countries and buyers worldwide, with the site in ten language and country versions. Not available in the United States; an auction usually runs in the seller’s currency
Read the full Octane vs Classic Trader comparison →Online marketplace for classic and special vehicles with listings, a separate auction product and Make an Offer
International with British roots; auctions for cars across Europe, in pounds or euros, with local sites for the Netherlands, Germany, France and Italy among others
Read the full Octane vs Car & Classic comparison →American online auction platform and enthusiast community for classic, collector and enthusiast vehicles
International from the United States, with cars from anywhere in the world, the Netherlands included. Cars in the EU are auctioned in euros, in the United Kingdom in pounds, elsewhere in dollars. More than 750,000 registered bidders according to BaT, which does not publish how many of them live in Europe
Read the full Octane vs Bring a Trailer comparison →Rates as published by the platforms; every comparison page lists the sources and the date checked.
First decide what you want to outsource. Does the car have to leave the house, or would you rather keep it with you until the handover? How quickly do you want to get from submission to payout? And what may the transaction cost on both sides, since both a seller commission and high buyer fees ultimately come out of your proceeds?
Submit your car and our team will review it within 48 hours