Trade plate vehicle movements in Birmingham and the Black Country

BCA Perry Barr, Manheim Darlaston, BCA Walsall and BCA Bilston

BCA Birmingham at Perry Barr is the city's main BCA site. See how we collect from BCA Birmingham after release. A winning bid on your phone is not the same as a release, so we wait for the site to confirm before the driver goes.

Manheim Darlaston in WS10 is the Manheim site most Birmingham and Black Country buyers use, and it is sometimes searched for as Manheim Birmingham. We confirm the buyer reference and collector name with Darlaston before a driver is sent, so please keep its paperwork separate from anything bought at Perry Barr.

BCA Walsall in WS2 and BCA Bilston look close together on a map, but each has its own gate and collector list, and storage keeps running at the yard you bought from. Wilsons Telford in Shropshire and Central Car Auctions Stafford are covered too. Every house follows the same auction collection after release process, with photos before the car leaves the yard. Salvage cannot travel on trade plates.

Black Country transfers and city centre handovers

Moving a car from a Walsall branch to a Solihull one is a site transfer. Handing a car to a customer in Digbeth, the Jewellery Quarter, Moseley or a quiet close in Sutton Coldfield is a retail delivery on a street a truck could not use. Erdington, West Bromwich, Smethwick, Oldbury, Tipton, Wednesbury, Dudley, Wolverhampton and Coventry are all covered as well.

The city centre is a maze of one way systems and car parks with no loading bays, which suits a driver perfectly. If your branch sits near the Perry Barr compound in B42 or B44, make sure the booking says whether we are collecting from you or from the BCA gate. Please give us both postcodes and a named contact at each end rather than a meeting point at a roundabout.

Our page on site transfers and retail handovers explains both kinds of job. Read more about driven vehicle movements and when to book trade plate vehicle delivery. A short run on the A38 or the Ring Road still gets a full condition record, and how OVM covers the UK from Glasgow explains how any B postcode links to the rest of the mainland.

Why Birmingham dealers book a trade plate driver

The West Midlands motorways are full of transporters, but for a single roadworthy car a driver usually wins. Storage at Perry Barr, Darlaston or Walsall keeps running while a truck fills its deck for the South East. A released, legal car can leave with our driver once the site confirms, which often costs less than another night on the yard and a missed retail slot.

Local groups tend to move one car at a time between Black Country and city branches. Several cars going the same way on a flexible date may suit a transporter, but one car needed on a Solihull forecourt in the morning suits a driver. Read when a trade plate driver beats a transporter to compare.

Retail drops matter too, whether it is a customer on a Moseley street, a lease car from a drive in B30 or a hotel handover near New Street. One driver handles it from start to finish and the report proves the condition. If the car has no MOT or will not drive, we will tell you a transporter is the right choice rather than send a driver to the Perry Barr barrier.

New Street, the M6 and getting our driver home

After a one way delivery our driver heads home by train from New Street, Moor Street, Aston, Adderley Park or Acocks Green, so no second vehicle is needed. On the road we use the M6, M5, M42 and A38. The driver is sent once the compound has released the lot, so put the date you need on the quote.

We plan from Glasgow, but your car is never routed north. Collection is at Perry Barr, Darlaston, your showroom or whatever address you give us, and our motor trade road risk insurance covers it until it is signed for.

Booking your Birmingham movement

Before we send a driver, the release must be confirmed, the car or van must be roadworthy with a valid MOT where required and the keys must be ready. Condition, photos, keys and paperwork are recorded at collection, and proof of collection and delivery arrive together by email.

For an instant quote, enter the registration, both postcodes and your dates. There is no account to open and no obligation, or you can call 0141 459 1302. OVM Ltd is registered in Scotland, company number SC834621.