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Car insurance write-off categories explained: what are Cat N and Cat S cars?![Crashed car](https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--VhRYitOI--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1707215116/autoexpress/2024/02/Car%20crash.jpg)
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Car insurance write-off categories explained: what are Cat N and Cat S cars?
Cat S and Cat N insurance write-off classifications replaced the old Cat C and Cat D groups in 2017; but what do they mean and how do they work?
20 May 2024
Cars under £500: should you buy one?![Money](https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--fr7aj-mZ--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1562253005/autoexpress/images/car_photo_376738.jpg)
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Cars under £500: should you buy one?
Buying a really cheap car can be a step into the unknown, but a £500 car could be the best bargain you ever pick up
25 Mar 2020
The Great British car insurance write-off scandal![great british write-off scandal](https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--qM-Qilh0--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1562247423/autoexpress/2019/03/adobestock_35351354_3.jpg)
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The Great British car insurance write-off scandal
On the back of our exclusive investigation, organisations are now collaborating to find ‘missing’ damage-repaired cars
20 Nov 2019
Insurance and salvage loopholes must be closed![Technician inspecting a car's cosmetic damage](https://media.autoexpress.co.uk/image/private/s--_xeDSqHr--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1562246778/autoexpress/2018/08/car_repair.jpg)
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Insurance and salvage loopholes must be closed
Insurance industry warns criminals are buying write-offs from salvage auctions and “stealing cars to order” to get parts to fix them
11 Apr 2019