About GUTE AUTOS

GUTE AUTOS is a brand of ELEKO SARL, a company based in Paris, France. We sell damaged vehicles as is, to motor trade professionals only. Our role: find damaged vehicles in Europe, present them in clear files and make them available to the professionals who know how to make the most of them.

Our mission

A damaged vehicle is not necessarily a lost vehicle. For a body shop, a garage, a dealer, a recycler or an exporter, it is often raw material: a vehicle to repair, parts to reuse, a vehicle to resell in another market.

The problem is access. Vehicles are spread across many sellers in several countries, often with incomplete information. Our mission is to make access simple, readable and honest:

• simple: files received by e-mail, a fixed price, a clear confirmation;
• readable: photos, described damage, listed documents;
• honest: known defects are stated, nothing is dressed up.

The name says it all: "Gute Autos" is German for "good cars". Even broken ones.

What we do

• We select damaged vehicles from specialist dealers in Europe: the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and other countries.
• For each vehicle we prepare a file: photos, identification, damage, runner or non-runner status, available documents, location and price.
• We send these files by e-mail to registered trade buyers as soon as the vehicles go on sale. The files are currently written in French, with photos and key figures that are easy to read; questions are welcome by e-mail.
• We confirm sales and arrange payment before collection.

Five categories are covered: cars, vans, motorcycles, motorhomes and trucks. The steps are detailed on the how it works page.

What we do not do

• We never repair. Vehicles are sold as is. Repair is our customers' trade, not ours.
• We do not sell to private individuals. A damaged vehicle calls for a workshop, know-how and knowledge of the rules for putting it back on the road.
• We do not buy from private individuals. Our sellers are businesses.
• We do not transport vehicles. Prices exclude transport and the buyer collects the vehicle where it stands.
• We do not sell end-of-life vehicles intended for destruction.
• We promise nothing the file does not show. No guarantee that a vehicle can be repaired or registered, no promised outcome: each professional assesses each vehicle under the rules of their own country.

A European outlook

The damaged vehicle market does not stop at borders. A vehicle damaged in the Netherlands may interest a body shop in France, a recycler in Belgium or an exporter elsewhere in Europe. France is our starting point, not our limit.

We are preparing an online auction platform reserved for trade buyers, with one sale a week planned and all-inclusive prices (excluding transport), with no hidden buyer's fees. It will bring together trade buyers and sellers from several European countries. No launch date has been announced. Professionals who sign up now will be its founding members.

Trade sellers (insurers, claims managers, rental and leasing companies, fleets, dealerships, garages, traders) can already offer their vehicles.

Who is behind GUTE AUTOS

GUTE AUTOS is a brand operated by ELEKO SARL:

• SIREN 991 589 110;
• EU VAT number FR54991589110;
• registered office: 60 rue François Ier, 75008 Paris, France;
• contact: contact@guteautos.fr.

Join us

Are you a motor trade professional? Sign up for free to receive the next vehicle files and become a founding member of our trade auctions.