BMW takes the crown as the UK’s most searched salvage brand

BMW takes the crown as the UK’s most searched salvage brand

New research from Scrap Car Comparison has revealed the UK’s most in-demand salvaged car brands and models, based on Google search data from the year 2024. Scrap Car Comparison analysed UK search volumes for more than 250 car makes and models, focusing on terms related to salvaged or damaged cars.

Finding your car completely stripped on your own driveway. This is happening more and more often to owners of expensive cars, such as BMWs and Mercedes, according to the Vehicle Crime Insurance Agency (VbV). "Often there is so much damage that the car is declared a total loss," says Rob Smitskamp of the insurance agency. According to the police, the parts are professionally dismantled by gangs. This also happened to Guido de Bruijn from Reusel. …