Translate Copart's listing into buyer impact.
Copart's listing fields hide most of what matters in jargon, badges, and free-text notes. CarMargin reads them all and tells you what they mean for your bid.
Title category decoded
UK ABI categories — Cat S, Cat N, Cat B, Cat A — translated into legal meaning and resale haircut. The category drives a big chunk of the deterministic max-bid number; CarMargin shows you why.
- Cat S · structural damage, repairable, must be re-registered
- Cat N · non-structural damage, repairable
- Cat B · break for parts only, body must be crushed
- Cat A · scrap only, nothing salvageable
Want the full breakdown? Read our Cat S vs Cat N guide.
Run-and-Drive translated
The "Run and Drive" highlight icon doesn't mean what most first-time buyers think. CarMargin translates what the certification actually guarantees — and what it doesn't.
Read the full explainer: What "Run and Drive" actually means on Copart UK.
"Additional Information" notes parser
Copart's free-text notes hide the most critical info: "no keys", "missing title", "mechanical damage", "stolen recovered". CarMargin parses the field and prioritises red flags above the fold so you don't miss them buried in a sentence.
Highlight icons decoded
ADDL-INFO, CERT-D, Vehicle Report — each Copart highlight badge translated to its meaning and its impact on your bid. No more hovering for tooltips that don't tell you the haircut.
Odometer brand interpretation
The odometer field on Copart UK can be branded with terms most buyers don't fully process:
- EXEMPT · car is old enough that mileage isn't legally tracked
- TMU · "true mileage unknown" — the seller can't or won't certify
- NOT-ACTUAL · the displayed reading is known to be wrong
Each one carries its own risk weight. CarMargin spells it out and cross-references the MOT history to tell you whether the brand is corroborated.
Sale-history reconstruction
Has this lot been listed before? Re-list count is one of the strongest signals you have on seller reserve level. CarMargin notes when a lot has cycled through previous auctions and surfaces what's changed between attempts.