Why We Only Sell Clean Title Vehicles
Why Auto Mart Only Sells Clean Title Vehicles One of the questions we get fairly often is why we don’t sell rebuilt or salvaged title vehicles. On the surface, those cars can look like a good deal. They’re usually cheaper, often freshly painted, and sometimes even look “like new.” But there are some very important reasons why Auto Mart simply will not buy or sell them—and those reasons come down to safety, integrity, and trust. The Problem With Modern Vehicle Frames Most vehicles produced today are built on what’s called a unibody frame . Unlike older vehicles that had a separate body bolted onto a heavy steel frame, unibody vehicles are essentially one large, integrated piece of metal. They’re designed to be one solid structure , engineered to crumple and absorb impact in very specific ways during an accident. When a vehicle with a unibody frame is totaled, it often means that structure has been compromised. In many rebuild situations, the frame is plasma-cut into multiple sections , ...