Dubai Municipality launches online trade of used cars
Mohammed AbdulKareem Julfar, Assistant Director General for Finance and Property Affairs and Khalifa Hareb, Head of Markets Section during the press conference.
The website www.usedcars.ae with an option for online auction is expected to boost the online trade in used cars.
Eng. Hussain Nasser Lootah, Acting Director General of Dubai Municipality, who launched the new website, said the Municipality has always endeavoured to enhance its e-services through simplifying the procedures and systems to reach the maximum sought after level of excellence in order to go along with the vision of the Government of Dubai.
He said the reason behind setting up an official website for the Used Car Complex is to live up to the expectations of the Government of Dubai to serve the people of the country as fast as possible.
"The idea of this project was initiated in 2003 and we visited some of the international sites to get benefited from them. We also conducted a survey among the owners of the used car showrooms in the complex in order to understand their requirements for such an important website, which is considered to be the first of its kind in the region," said Lootah.
He added that an e-team was constituted for undertaking this task by coordinating with the company that executes the project, the owners of the showrooms and for working out the required lists and statistics for managing the website.
Established in 1999, the Used Car Complex in Ras Al Khor Industrial Area is considered to be the best such facility in the region with 130 showrooms for sale and purchase of used cars, all at one place. The complex offers all the services related to cars such as an auction area, a technical inspection section, a vehicle licensing section, insurance companies, car financiers, and even a driving school.
The new website will provide all services related to the Used Car Complex. It will have the names of all the showrooms in the complex and their cars on display for sale with their photos, specifications and rates.
The online auction service offers the auction of 25 to 35 vehicles a week during which vehicles of different types and sizes will go under hammer. In order to offer this service electronic access has been made with Golden Bells, an auction firm at the complex.
The website also gives a brief about the insurance companies available at the complex and the services they offer to the visitors to the complex. The complex has three insurance companies, selected carefully and as per the conditions to serve the complex and its customers.
The website also displays a brief on the technical inspection services offered at the complex in cooperation with Eppco. In addition to that, the website offers information on the Dubai Traffic Department services at the complex including the fees for different transactions regarding cars and the required documents for accomplishing these transactions.
The website also has information on the banking services offered at the complex by Emirates International Bank. Electronic access has been made with the bank to offer all the services through the Used Car Complex website.
With the cooperation of Emirates Driving Institute, the website offers the details of the procedures for learning driving and taking a license.
The website also provides two maps, one for guiding the visitor to the location of the complex and the second is a detailed map of the complex itself.
Visitors who access the website can search any vehicle with all the flexibility to find out the customer's own choice of vehicles.
Your Eyes on the Showroom service provides the visitor the facility to register on the website and select specifications of the vehicle of choice. An automated message will be sent back to the visitor immediately thanking for registering with the site. This will follow sending a detailed report on the vehicle asked for with its photo and specifications to the email address of the visitor.
The website has received special appreciation of Dubai e-Government and it has been given full praise by E4all magazine, published by Dubai e-Government.
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