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Wheeler-dealer

13 Jan 2021 By Liam Proud, Christopher Thompson

SoftBank-backed Auto1 is dragging the backstreet business into cyberspace. The question is whether CEO Christian Bertermann deserves a technology-style valuation for selling second-hand rides online. Thin margins suggest a mooted valuation of up to 8 billion euros is ambitious.

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