BCA condition grades?

[TooLateForAName]

Just after a bit of a feeling for what the auction condition grades mean in reality.

Seems to be 1- excellent through 5 - poor then ungraded.

Are the grades absolute or do they reflect the age of the vehicle?

How bad would a grade 4 car be? In need of significant paintwork or more a good detail?

I know that there are various people here who frequent the auctions so thought it would be worth asking.

[Cupramax]

Funnily enough this is explained on their website...

http://www.british-car-auctions.co.uk/buy/Useful-i...

[TooLateForAName]

I'd read that, but tbh it didn't really leave me with much of a feel for the real standard of the cars.

Looking at a few listings cars I've seen cars that look (in the pics) to be perfectly OK as 4, but also cars with extensive scratches/dents/kerbed alloys/ etc.