Auto auction opens new body shop, reconditioning center

The nation’s second-largest used-car reconditioning center is located in Ocoee.

By Amy Quesinberry
| 9:57 a.m. April 17, 2019

Butch Herdegen, Manheim Orlando Auto Auction general manager, cuts the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the companyâ€™s new 80,000-square-foot vehicle reconditioning center in Ocoee.

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Manheim Orlando opened its new state-of-the-art body shop and reconditioning center April 9 following a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the Manheim leadership team and city of Ocoee staff members.

Several Manheim representatives spoke before cutting the ribbon, including Butch Herdegen, general manager, and Catherine Woodall, assistant general manager; as well as Craig Shadrix, city of Ocoee assistant city manager.

The new center, located behind the main wholesale auto-auction facility on East Story Road, is 80,000 square feet and replaces the former 22,000-square-foot building.

Manheim invested $4.8 million to upgrade the center. It now provides everything needed to prepare vehicles for retail or wholesale sales, including comprehensive inspection, mechanical and body reconditioning, paint, detail, merchandising and imaging. It has two 140-foot-long paint booths that can accommodate up to seven vehicles at one time and can service 160 cars per day, more than triple its previous capacity.

The Manheim Orlando operation is part of Manheim, a Cox Automotive brand.

The new 80,000-square-foot body shop and reconditioning center replaces the former 22,000-square-foot center.

Two 140-foot-long paint booths can accommodate seven vehicles and paint seven different colors at one time.

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Amy Quesinberry

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.