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Beginning Saturday, Manheim is hosting a series of online event sales intended to help dealers navigate their hectic holiday schedules.

The specials include the Year End Online Event Sale presented by Ford, a special offer on fees from Hertz and more than 1,000 units offered by Toyota.

What Manheim believes is Ford’s largest event of the year begins at 1 p.m. ET on Dec. 23 and ends at 11 p.m. ET on Jan. 2. Auction executives said a preview of the more than 3,000 units available during the Ford Year End Online Event Sale will begin at 8 a.m. ET Dec. 23.

Officials noted eligible buyers can also enjoy the benefits of the Ford Credit Signature Plan. An additional 425 units are also expected to be included within this year-end sale from Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda and Volvo.

Meanwhile, Manheim revealed that Hertz will waive all buy fees for dealers placing bids during a special two-week sale series featuring approximately 1,500 units. The discount applies to both daily and weekend sales starting Saturday and going through Dec. 31.

Hertz auctions are held Tuesday through Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. ET, and on weekends from Saturday until Monday ending at 3 p.m. ET.

Furthermore, Manheim highlighted that Toyota is also targeting holiday shoppers with two separate weekend event sales featuring 1,000 units.

As part of this event, the auction company said buyers have an opportunity to win an Apple iPad during the weekends of Dec. 25 and Jan. 1. Management explained Toyota Financial Services and Lexus Financial Services will have a drawing for one iPad at each participating full-service location.

In addition to the Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Mazda and Volvo year-end sales, Hertz’s special offer, and Toyota’s offering of inventory, Manheim insisted buyers can find quality used vehicles in several other Online Event Sales through the beginning of 2011. Dealers can log on to Manheim’s website to view a large selection of open and closed inventory from other sellers, including:

—ARI Fleet

—Avis Early Access

—Avis Budget Group

—Capital One

—Chase

—Chrysler

—Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group

—Enterprise Holdings

—Honda

—Mercedes-Benz Financial Services

—Mike Albert Leasing

—Remarketing by GE

—U.S. Bank

—Volkswagen Credit

—Wells Fargo Auto Finance

—Wells Fargo Dealer Services

“As the holiday season becomes busy and a lot of demands are placed on dealers’ time, we’ve found these special event sales give them a flexible way to bid and buy online, wherever they may be,” noted Nick Peluso, senior vice president of customer management at Manheim.

“Our goal is to provide dealers easy online access to a fresh supply of inventory as they prepare to restock after the holidays and kick off the new year with special deals for their own customers,” Peluso added.

Finally, Manheim stressed that eligible buyers can also take advantage of its buy-back guarantee. For complete terms and conditions, dealers can visit www2.manheim.com/market_policies or call (866) 626-4346.

For a complete list of all the buying opportunities, click on the Daily Sales calendar on www.manheim.com.