How it works
Every mandate runs in the same order: a written brief agreed before any search begins, a sourced shortlist with provenance documents held on file, an inspection you attend in person or delegate to us, and a price presented as a ledger rather than a pitch. Nothing is committed on your behalf without your written approval.
The mandate
Four stages, each one agreed in writing before it begins. You approve the brief and the shortlist. We handle the screening, the calls and the travel.
A 60-minute consultation, USD 300, credited against the mandate fee if you proceed. You leave with a written brief: must-haves, tolerated compromises, budget ceiling and the markets worth searching.
Provenance screening comes first. Service history, ownership chain, accident records and factory specification are checked against the VIN before a car reaches your shortlist. Where the paperwork is thin, the car is dropped, not explained away.
We inspect in person across Ukraine, or commission an independent inspection in Europe: compression, paint depth, underbody, ECU fault history. Photographs and the inspector's raw notes reach you unedited.
We negotiate as your buyer's agent. The selling dealer knows we are not a customer and not their broker. Mandate fees start at USD 2,900 for a standard search and USD 6,500 for a collector mandate, agreed in writing before any search begins.
The practice is an independent buyer-side consultancy. It does not sell cars, hold stock or accept dealer commission.
It also does not arrange credit, leasing or insurance. Those are referred to your own bank or broker.
Ready to set the terms? Start a brief and we will confirm the fee in writing.
Provenance and inspection
A car is a file before it is a machine. Nothing reaches your shortlist until the VIN record, the service history and a physical 120-point inspection agree with one another.
We read the VIN against Ukrainian and EU registries, reconcile every recorded odometer entry, and cross-check chassis stampings, door plates and glass etching. Rebuilt titles, mismatched registration records and undisclosed accident repair surface here, not after delivery.
Dealer stamps, workshop invoices, parts receipts and the number of previous keepers are read together. A gap of more than one season raises a question, and we put that question to the seller in writing before you see the car.
Paint depth on every panel, underbody corrosion, suspension play, brake and fluid condition, tyre dates, electronics and stored fault codes, then a cold start and a road test. Readings and photographs go into your file.
Honest boundaries
A mandate is a search, not a guarantee. These are the limits we state before you pay anything, so nothing later reads as a surprise.
The manufacturer decides who receives a build slot. We can document your history, present your case and negotiate, but we cannot guarantee allocation or priority on a limited run.
Availability and pricing vary and are not guaranteed. Currency movement, market drift and a seller's change of mind can move a figure between the brief and the signing.
The practice does not arrange credit, leasing or insurance. We work with your own bank or broker, and we take no commission from a lender.
Registration and tax treatment stay with your own advisors. We hand over the purchase documents they ask for and keep them on file.
If the car sits with a dealer we know, the fee is unchanged and we say so in writing before the mandate starts.
Want to know what a mandate does cover? Start a brief and we will answer in plain terms.
Next step
Send your brief and we reply within one business day, Kyiv time. If the vehicle you want sits outside what we can source or verify, we will tell you before you commit to anything.
A standard mandate begins with a USD 300 consultation, credited to your mandate if we proceed.