{"id":48437,"date":"2019-05-03T21:05:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T21:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideautotransportation.com\/?p=48437"},"modified":"2023-03-22T10:26:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-22T10:26:51","slug":"copart-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideautotransportation.com\/blog\/copart-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"COPART Salvage Car Auctions"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 8<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>\n

According to Jon Markman’s 2018 report on Copart for Forbes, the salvage vehicle market is vast due in part to the increasing number of distracted drivers on the road. F<\/span>ollowing this, Dell Technologies reported that there were 13 million crashes during 2019 in the US.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Insurance companies often declare vehicles as a total loss if they cannot be repaired.<\/span> Without a doubt this leads to a growing market for salvage vehicles. While cars are becoming safer thanks to technological advancements, the number of total loss declarations and fatalities on the road continues to rise.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Salvage auto auctions such as Copart <\/span>thrive under these conditions. So<\/span>, is it a bad thing? <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Definitely not. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U<\/span>n-salvaged cars end up in landfills and add to the huge pollution problem in the world. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One man\u2019s trash is another man\u2019s fortune<\/span>. As such salvaged cars:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Provide parts to keep our older cars running.<\/span><\/li>
  2. G<\/span>ive affordable cars to people who have the skills to repair a car from (almost) trash to treasure.<\/span><\/li>
  3. Create income for dismantlers, recyclers, and mechanics.
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  4. Keep trillions of pounds of scrap off the landfills.<\/li>
  5. Recycled<\/a> steel is manufactured by reclaiming metal from scrapped cars. This takes approximately 74% less energy than mining and manufacturing new metal.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Introducing Copart<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Copart is a major player in the automotive auctions industry. The company\u2019s figures are astounding:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n