Missouri Auto Auction, Columbia, Mo., recently added two lanes and an in-lane restaurant to its auction arena. The project made way for new accounts and added consignments.

A Customer Appreciation dinner held on March 1 celebrated the auctions latest expansion and the opening of the fourth lane of auction action at Missouri Auto Auction on March 2.

This is the second in a series of improvements made at Missouri Auto Auction in recent months. A new 10,000-square-foot recon center was opened at the auction late last summer, and a new paint and body shop is in the planning stages. Average consignment at the auction has topped 500 vehicles a week since the first of the year, and has been boosted by an additional 60 cars and trucks from new customers with the opening of the new lane.