A pile of car vehicles in a scrap yard to be crushed and sold for materials


The difference is a salvage vehicle has the potential to be repaired and returned to the road and go on to be bought and sold, whereas a scrap vehicle cannot. It has reached its potential and will be crushed and sold for materials. they sort that scrap and sell it to refiners who can convert the scrap into refined raw metals for industry and manufacturing.


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