The listing, translated into what it costs you.

• Cat S. Structural damage, repairable, must be re-registered.
• Cat N. Non-structural damage, repairable.
• Cat B. Break for parts only. The body shell must be crushed.
• Cat A. Scrap only.

The category sets the resale haircut used in your max bid, and the analysis shows you why. The photos are also checked against the declared category, so a Cat N with side impact intrusion gets flagged. The full picture is in the Cat S vs Cat N guide.

The badge means the car starts, engages a gear and moves a few metres. It does not mean it is roadworthy. CarMargin says what the label covers and what is still yours to check. See what Run and Drive means.

The free-text notes carry the worst news: no keys, missing title, mechanical damage, stolen and recovered. CarMargin parses the field and puts the red flags first, so they are not buried mid-sentence.

Each highlight badge is translated into what it verifies and what it does to your bid, so you are not hovering over tooltips that never mention the haircut.

• Exempt. Old enough that mileage is not legally tracked.
• TMU. True mileage unknown. The seller will not certify the reading.
• Not actual. The reading is known to be wrong.

Each carries its own risk, and each is checked against the MOT history to see whether the brand is corroborated.

A lot that has been through the auction before says something about the seller’s reserve. CarMargin notes relists and what changed between attempts.