Forza Horizon 6 does not let you sell cars back to the game for a flat payout. The garage works on a player-driven economy, which means every sale has to go through the in-game Auction House, where another player either bids on your listing or pays the buyout price. Before any of that is possible, you have to unlock the system by progressing the early campaign.
Unlocking the Auction House
The selling feature is gated behind the Wheeler Dealer Perk attached to Mei's House, the first of eight purchasable homes on the map. You cannot list a car until that perk is active on your save.
Step 1: Complete the Horizon Invitational Race during the opening hours of the campaign. Finishing it awards your first Horizon Wristband and opens up additional activities across the world map.
Step 2: Travel to the Ohtani district and purchase Mei's House. Buying the property activates the Wheeler Dealer Perk, which grants access to the Autoshow for trading and the Auction House for selling.
Step 3: Fast travel to any player home you own or to a Festival Site. Both locations expose the same Buy & Sell menu once the perk is unlocked.
Listing a car for auction
Once the menu is available, the process itself is short. You pick a vehicle from your garage, set the pricing, and choose how long the listing stays live.
Step 1: Open the in-game menu at a home or Festival Site and scroll over to Buy & Sell, then select Auction House.
Step 2: Choose Start Auction, then pick the car you want to sell from your owned vehicles. Confirm with Auction Car.
Step 3: Set the starting price, the buyout price, and the auction duration (up to 24 hours). The starting price is the minimum bid; the buyout price lets a buyer skip bidding and grab the car instantly.
Starting price vs. buyout price
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Starting price | The minimum amount a bidder can offer. Bidding begins here and climbs upward. |
| Buyout price | A fixed amount any player can pay to claim the car immediately and end the auction. |
| Auction duration | How long the listing stays live, with a cap of 24 hours. |
Pricing competitively matters. Common cars often sit unsold unless their starting price is low, while rarer vehicles tend to attract bids quickly because collectors are filling out their garages.
Claiming your Credits
When a listing sells, the game sends a notification. You must open the Auction House, go to My Auctions, and accept the Credits to add them to your balance. Unclaimed earnings expire after 60 days, so checking back regularly is the only way to make sure the sale counts.
If the auction ends with zero bids, you get a different notification telling you the car did not sell. The vehicle returns to your garage, and you can relist it at a lower starting price or pick a different car to try.
Why there's no instant sell button
Forza Horizon 6 deliberately routes every transaction through other players rather than offering a fixed sell-back value. This keeps the economy active and gives rare cars real market value, but it also means a sale is never guaranteed. Pricing too high stalls the listing; pricing too low leaves Credits on the table. For most vehicles, matching what similar cars are currently going for in the Auction House is the fastest way to move them.
While you are in the Auction House menu, the bidding side works the same way in reverse. You can scroll through other players' listings and place bids or use buyouts, which is often the only practical route to specific rare or limited cars that don't appear in the Autoshow.