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27,253 CARS · AUCTION PRICES · UPDATED DAILY

The cars Utah dealers buy — at the price they pay.

Your local dealer pays $26,200 for a 2023 Tahoe. They list it for $34,995. We show you both numbers — and buy it for you at the auction price plus our flat $1,500.

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Type what you're looking for. Our AI pulls the match and ranks the best margins. Just a year, make, and model to start.

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✓ Utah MVED Licensed Dealer✓ Flat $1,500 — never a percentage✓ You approve every bid

Licensed Manheim buyer

Clean-title franchise inventory

Utah MVED dealer

License shown on every invoice

Flat $1,500 fee

You see the Manheim price before the bid

You approve every bid

No purchases without your sign-off

The process

Six steps. You approve the number before we lift a paddle.

Most clients go from first call to keys in 2–6 weeks. Nothing is a mystery box.

  1. 01

    Tell us the car

    Year, make, model, trim, mileage ceiling, color tolerance, drive-out budget. 15 minutes on the phone.

  2. 02

    We pull MMR + KSL comps

    You see the Manheim wholesale range and Utah retail listings side-by-side — before any bid goes in.

  3. 03

    You approve the target price

    Every line item in writing: hammer + buy fee + transport + our $1,500 + tax + doc. We don't exceed it without your signoff.

  4. 04

    We bid at Manheim

    Live lanes + Simulcast, 4–6 sales a week across the West. You get a text when we're bidding and a text when we win.

  5. 05

    Post-sale inspection

    Optional $150 third-party inspection at the auction before the car leaves. Standard on pre-2019 or 80k+ mile units.

  6. 06

    Title + delivery

    We handle the Manheim title, Utah MVED transfer, registration prep. Delivered to your driveway within 200 miles of Springville.

The receipt is the product

Run your deal. See every line item.

Drag the sliders. Compare the Utah dealer out-the-door to a DealerKey Auto auction purchase in real time. No guesswork, no asterisks.

Live · Drive-out math

Run your deal. See every line item.

Drag the sliders to model the vehicle you're shopping. Numbers update live.

You save

$13,120

23.5% off drive-out · 8.7x your fee

Traditional dealer

Opaque
Advertised price
$47,520
Dealer "market adjustment"
$2,500
Mandatory add-ons
$1,995
Utah sales tax (6.1%)
$3,173
Doc / registration
$699
Out-the-door$55,887

DealerKey Auto (auction + flat fee)

Transparent
Manheim winning bid
$38,000
Auction buy fee
$425
Transport to you
$275
Our flat fee
$1,500
Utah sales tax (6.1%)
$2,318
Doc / registration
$249
Out-the-door$42,767

Every $1 of our fee saves you $8.7 vs the dealer lot on this deal.

Target your car → book call

Estimate only. Final drive-out depends on Manheim winning bid, unit condition, and Utah sales tax/doc fees at time of purchase. Our flat fee is always $1,500.

Real receipts

Three deals. Three redacted invoices. $34,997 kept.

Same make, same model, same year — at the Utah dealer lot vs. through DealerKey Auto.

See all case studies

Family hauler

2022 Chevrolet Tahoe LT 4WD

Brian T., Lehi UT

Dealer quote$64,563
DealerKey OTD$52,299
Buyer saved$12,264

Larry H. Miller Chevrolet Sandy$3,995 markup + $1,299 appearance pack

The Tahoe showed up cleaner than the one at Larry H. they wanted $58,900 for.
Read the full deal

Enthusiast weekend truck

2021 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro

Tyler K., Bountiful UT

Dealer quote$50,451
DealerKey OTD$42,179
Buyer saved$8,272

Ken Garff Toyota Orem$2,500 markup + $1,495 certified upcharge

I was ready to wait six more months. They found it in three weeks.
Read the full deal

Business work truck

2023 Ford F-250 XLT 4x4 Crew Cab

Paul M., Spanish Fork UT

Dealer quote$74,643
DealerKey OTD$60,182
Buyer saved$14,461

Young Ford / Doug Smith Ford$4,500 markup + $2,199 service contract push

Two trucks, fourteen grand back in the business. That's a mini-excavator.
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Aggregate — first 50 buyers

$412,800 saved · $8,256 average · 78% arrived after a Utah franchise quote

Start yours

The empty quadrant

Nobody else sits in the top-right corner.

Every other option is either the seller (Carvana, CarMax, Larry H. Miller) or works on retail pricing (CarEdge, TrueCar). We're the only one that's both transparent on price and on your side.

FeatureDealerKeyUsTraditional
dealer
CarEdge /
YAA
Carvana /
CarMax
Price shown before commitmentMMR + KSL compsSticker onlyDealer-dependentTheir price
Fee transparent up-front$1,500 flatHidden in markup + F&I$999 + retail-minusHidden in markup
Licensed to buy at Manheim✓ Yes✓ Yes✗ No✓ Yes
Works on the buyer's side✓ Yes✗ No✓ Yes✗ No
You approve every bid✓ Yes✗ No✗ No✗ No
Utah-local comps includedKSL every deal✗ No✗ No✗ No
Avg buyer savings$4,000+$0 (you paid retail)~$2,200negative

CarEdge average savings figure is their published concierge metric. Traditional dealer markup range based on typical Utah franchise markup 2024–2025.

Verified Utah buyers

Quiet wins from Wasatch-front buyers.

Every client started by walking out of a Utah dealer lot. Every quote below comes from a real winning bid.

The Tahoe showed up cleaner than the one at Larry H. they wanted $58,900 for.

Brian T. · Lehi, UT

2022 Chevy Tahoe LT 4WD

Saved $12,264

I was ready to wait six more months. They found it in three weeks.

Tyler K. · Bountiful, UT

2021 Toyota Tacoma TRD Pro

Saved $8,272

Two trucks, fourteen grand back in the business. That's a mini-excavator.

Paul M. · Spanish Fork, UT

2023 Ford F-250 XLT

Saved $14,461

FAQ

The questions every Utah buyer asks

Six questions every Utah buyer asks before hiring an auction service. The full 18-question list lives on the FAQ page.

  • Manheim publishes a detailed condition report on every vehicle before the lane, and offers a 5-day arbitration window on announced conditions. For anything pre-2019 or over 80k miles we recommend the optional $150 third-party inspection before the car ships. We never touch Copart or IAA salvage.
  • CarEdge negotiates at retail — their average savings is about $2,200. We buy at wholesale — ours is $4,000+. You're paying $500 more in fee to put roughly $1,800 more in your pocket. Plus we're a licensed Utah MVED dealer and they're not.

One more step

Tell us the car. We'll reply with MMR + KSL comps.

30-second form. Dallin reads every one personally. No pod, no call-routing, no pressure. You'll have a drive-out target in under two business hours.

  • • Utah MVED Licensed Dealer · Springville, UT
  • • Flat $1,500 · never a percentage
  • • 50+ buyers · $412,800 kept in Utah pockets

Tell us the car. We'll reply with MMR + comps.

30-second form · Dallin replies directly · no call-routing pod.