What 13,720 listings of 13,148 cars across 263 auctions since 2015 say about the cars the city sells.
A car that shows up again in a later notice most likely did not sell the first time. Bidders pass on cars whose lender can still repossess them.
At the median, cars with a lender listed are much younger at auction, yet cost about the same when new. Cars with no lender are mostly older cars that were paid off or never financed.
| Cars | Median model year | Age at auction | Original price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No lender listed | 8,195 | 2008 | 15 years | $25,990 |
| Lender listed | 4,897 | 2017 | 8 years | $26,795 |
| Salvage or abandoned | 53 | 2011 | 14 years | $23,740 |
Medians. Original price is NHTSA's base price for the model, known for about a third of cars.
The lenders printed most often, and how often their cars returned to a later auction.
Age at auction: the auction year minus the model year.
With the share of each make's cars that had no lender listed.
Years before 2023 come mostly from Internet Archive copies of the city's page, so they hold fewer notices than the city published.