Category C is a level of damage used by insurance companies to describe vehicles they have written off prior to October 2017. After this point, they became known as Category S.
Find out more about Category S vehicles.
A Cat C vehicle will have suffered significant damage in the past, probably in an accident. The insurance company that handled the claim decided that repairing the vehicle would have cost more than replacing it.
Insurers often sell Cat C vehicles for salvage. Many are repaired and returned to the road.