My father purchased a Toyota Corolla about 7 years ago which had a salvage title and was damaged from the front. The car never had any major problems, except for the paint, when we bought it the paint was shiny but after a year or two the hood, roof, and the trunk's paint is faded and dull.
But, we bought the car cheap.
Samething happened with my friend's Acura. Salvage title and wrecked from the front. No problems except for the dullness of the paint plus, he bought it for a price that a car with a clear title would cost.
There are a lot of dealers here who sell salvage titled cars and fix them up too. And they are doing great because there prices are a little less than half of what a clear titled car would cost.
Overall, salvage titled cars have there own advantages and disadvantages. Like everything else in the world. :)