Recorded closing bids for Smart salvage cars

23 damaged Smarts recorded at UK salvage auction across 2 models, median closing bid £550, middle half between £300 and £1,000. Recorded bids, not estimates, and not independently confirmed as completed sales.

Get a max bid for the 2010 SMART FORTWO PULSE MHD closing Mon 12 Oct →1 of 5 at salvage auction now, all listed below. First analysis free, or paste any Copart or SalvageMarket lot link.

Want a roadworthy one instead? Smart passes its MOT first time in 77.6% of cases, from 87,442 real DVSA tests, above the 76.7% national average.

23Ended listings

£550Median bid

£729Average

£300 to £1,000Middle half

77.6%MOT first-time pass rate

At auction now

5 damaged Smarts are listed at UK salvage auction right now, closing between 12 Oct and 21 Oct. Bids so far run from £150 to £750 when we last checked, against the £550 median closing bid above. Each one's closing bid is added to the figures on this page once its auction ends.

2010 SMART FORTWO PULSE MHD, closes 12 Oct, bid so far £400. Get a max bid for this lot →
2007 SMART FORTWO COUPE, closes 14 Oct, bid so far £175. Get a max bid for this lot →
2017 SMART FORFOUR, closes 14 Oct, bid so far £275. Get a max bid for this lot →
2004 SMART ROADSTER, closes 14 Oct, bid so far £750. Get a max bid for this lot →
2006 SMART FORTWO, closes 21 Oct, bid so far £150. Get a max bid for this lot →

By model

Model	Ended listings	Median
Fortwo Coupe	9	£425
Forfour	5	£1,450

By write-off category

Category	Lots	Median	Middle half
Category not stated	13	£575	£325 to £1,000
Cat N	7	£425	£425 to £1,950
Cat S	3	£225	£225 to £825

Which factor moves the price the most?

Ranks the tables below by the size of the gap between their highest and lowest median, biggest first.

Factor	Lowest median	Highest median	Gap
Body shape	Convertible, £425	Hatchback, £1,450	+241%
Runner status	Non-runner, £225	Starts and drives, £650	+189%
Write-off category	Cat S, £225	Category not stated, £575	+156%
Colour	Silver, £300	White, £675	+125%
Transmission	Automatic, £425	Manual, £825	+94%
V5 logbook	Listed with no logbook, £550	Listed with logbook, £650	+18%
Seller	Asm Auto Recycling, £575	Trader.Co.Uk, £650	+13%

A ranking of gaps, not a claim that one causes the other - see the full national breakdown for the same caveat in more depth.

By fuel type

Fuel type	Lots	Median	Middle half
Petrol	21	£550	£300 to £925

By transmission

Transmission	Lots	Median	Middle half
Automatic	15	£425	£250 to £675
Manual	7	£825	£650 to £1,450

By colour

Colour	Lots	Median	Middle half
Black	13	£575	£425 to £1,000
Silver	4	£300	£225 to £300
White	4	£675	£175 to £675

By type of damage

Damage type	Lots	Median	Middle half
Accident damage	9	£550	£250 to £1,500

By key availability

Keys	Lots	Median	Middle half
Listed with keys	21	£550	£300 to £925

By V5 logbook

Logbook	Lots	Median	Middle half
Listed with logbook	6	£650	£325 to £1,300
Listed with no logbook	17	£550	£250 to £925

By whether it starts and drives

Runner status	Lots	Median	Middle half
Starts and drives	17	£650	£425 to £1,000
Non-runner	5	£225	£175 to £325

By seller

Seller	Lots	Median	Middle half
Asm Auto Recycling	15	£575	£425 to £1,450
Trader.Co.Uk	4	£650	£325 to £650

By body shape

Body shape	Lots	Median	Middle half
Coupe	12	£550	£250 to £575
Hatchback	8	£1,450	£825 to £1,500
Convertible	3	£425	£425 to £1,000

By doors

Doors	Lots	Median	Middle half
2 doors	4	£575	£200 to £575
5 doors	5	£1,450	£325 to £1,950

Before you bid on one

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Work out whether repairing beats selling
Search the individual lots behind these figures (currently paused, see why)
See which factor moves salvage price the most across the whole dataset

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