Automotive services provider Manheim has announced a new contract with Volvo Cars, enabling the Swedish car manufacturer to introduce the latest technology in used car systems into 26 countries. These include the main European markets, USA, Brazil, Australia, Russia, Japan and China.

Volvo Cars is taking the lead to ensure a common international platform for inventory management and the wholesaling of used vehicles to its franchised dealers.

The Manheim solution aims to also deliver a high-end experience for Volvo’s retail consumers, when searching for used models, under the Volvo Selekt programme in all of its key territories.

While the wholesale element of this end-to-end system is being delivered by Manheim’s enterprise software platform, known as RMS, the retail solution has been developed by Manheim’s German automotive marketing business, Modix.

The roll-out of the global project, which is scheduled to be largely completed by mid-2016, is being coordinated between the respective teams at Volvo Cars’ Gothenburg HQ and Manheim’s project team based in the US, UK and Germany.

Once fully implemented, it is expected that the system will manage the sale of 40,000 Volvo used cars per annum between the manufacturer and the franchised dealer network. This supports Volvo Cars’ plans to substantially increase its international used car sales, on the back of strategic new car growth worldwide.