Most vehicles on Autura Marketplace sell through a standard sale: the vehicle has its own auction with its own go-live time and its own close. A hybrid auction is a scheduled live event where multiple vehicles are sold in sequence, with in-person and online buyers bidding at the same time. Because the vehicles go live one at a time as the auctioneer works through them, the exact moment each one opens is an estimate. That is why the countdown reads differently.

A standard sale shows a firm countdown to go-live, such as "live in 2 hours" or "live in 30 minutes." A hybrid vehicle shows an estimated countdown, such as "est. live in 3 days" or "est. live in 45 minutes," because its go-live depends on how quickly the event reaches that vehicle in the sequence. Treat the hybrid time as a close estimate, not an exact start.

You can pre-bid on a hybrid vehicle before the event starts, the same way you would on a standard sale, and your pre-bid carries into the live phase. Once the event reaches your vehicle and it goes live, online bidding works exactly like a standard live auction: you see the current bid and place a bid or a max bid from the Vehicle Detail Page. However, once the vehicle sells, the sale will finalize and give you a 5-second countdown to push to the next vehicle within that Hybrid Auction where you will preview and bid, and so on.

In a hybrid auction, in-person bidders are bidding alongside online buyers. A vehicle can sell to an in-person buyer if no online bid matches theirs. That is expected for the format, so if you want the vehicle, set your max bid with that in mind.

As with any sale on the platform, bids are binding and all sales are final. Read the listing and the seller's disclosures before you bid.

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