I just bought a 05 Ford Crown Vic last month for $4500. That was the cheapest car that day. It needs work but I am a mechanic so I bought it. Average price for these cars that did not need any work was $6500

You can get a car cheap if you are buying the biggest piece of junk they are selling that day.
For a good clean car expect to pay good money.

You pay a fee to get in.

Bidding usually starts at around $500.

And there are several thousand people just like you, wanting to buy a car for that cheap.

So basically no car sells for that low. Actual going prices, aren’t very far from what you’d pay at a normal auction.