Porsche 944/951 Turbo

944 TURBO CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$22.3K ▼ $3.9K (−14.8%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEAsks running above recent sales — but volatile.
Well supported · 498 sold + 77 active
Fair value$22.3K ($19.6K–$24.9K)
Typical ask$27.0K
Recent sold$22.1K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 53% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($22k), not asking prices ($27k).
Seller: Asks are aggressive vs sold — strong/low-mile cars can ask high, average cars may sit.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$19.6Ksells fast
Fair$22.1Krecent comps
List$23.7Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$29.9Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $19.6K · Fair $19.6K–$24.9K · careful above $45.0K

The Porsche 944/951 Turbo market currently shows relatively low appreciation momentum (35.51) and liquidity (39.98), coupled with a depreciation risk score of 69.05. Despite these factors, forecasts suggest a slight upward direction with probabilities ranging from 0.52 to 0.55 over 6 to 24 months, all within a volatile regime. The strongest leading indicator for this market is the Case-Shiller National Home Price, showing a 0.68 correlation with a 14-month lead.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 38 yr, 85k mi example, ~$22.3K now. The green line weighs confirmed auction sales most heavily (the amber dots — what cars actually hammered for), blends in fast-selling "just-missed" listings, and lightly smooths out month-to-month composition noise.

2012-05 2026-07 $83.2K $0
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 809 confirmed sales (797 auction · 12 other)·1000 sales tracked·159 months tracked·since 2012-05·163 active listings

Did our model work? 53% direction calls right

Each faint amber line is a forecast we would have made at that point in the past (12-mo horizon), drawn against what actually happened (blue). Over 60 scored forecasts: 53% got the direction right, median value error ±51%.

2003-08 2026-07 $1398K $10.6K
━ actual ╱ past predictions (ghosts)

Walk-forward: each ghost uses only data available at that date — no hindsight. Data-backed market intelligence, not a guaranteed prediction. Figures are modeled estimates from asking prices, sold comps, and public economic indicators; they can be wrong. Not financial advice.

Auction Scorecard gavel in range 9 in 10

We replayed 309 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±25%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 9 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly high on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-06-25 1986 · 70k mi $13.9K–$50.9K $34.8K
2026-06-25 1986 · 73k mi $13.4K–$49.0K $28.1K
2026-06-22 1991 · 123k mi $10.3K–$37.8K $23.1K
2026-06-18 1988 · 58k mi $15.8K–$57.8K $36.0K
2026-06-15 1987 · 146k mi $10.0K–$36.5K $19.9K
2026-06-12 1986 · 90k mi $11.4K–$41.9K $21.0K
2026-06-09 1989 · 64k mi $14.9K–$54.5K $18.0K
2026-06-05 1986 · 101k mi $10.7K–$39.4K $20.5K

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 8 open auctions in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 1986 · 64k mi BaT $11.8K–$63.6K ($27.4K)
open 1986 · 36k mi classic $16.6K–$89.3K ($38.5K)
open 1986 · 57k mi BaT $13.0K–$69.9K ($30.1K)
open 1988 · 77k mi classic $10.4K–$55.8K ($24.0K)
open 1989 · 69k mi classic $11.3K–$60.8K ($26.2K)
open 1986 · 70k mi BaT $11.2K–$60.0K ($25.9K)
open 1986 · 106k mi classic $8.7K–$46.0K ($20.0K)
open 1989 · 86k mi classic $10.3K–$54.6K ($23.7K)

No-lookahead: predictions are made before each auction closes; the scorecard grades confirmed sold auctions only (no-sales excluded). A modeled estimate, not a guarantee. Data-backed market intelligence, not a guaranteed prediction. Figures are modeled estimates from asking prices, sold comps, and public economic indicators; they can be wrong. Not financial advice.

Where We Think It's Headed

Probability and range, not a single number. Wider = less certain (not bigger gains).

2012-05 now +24mo $5199K $16.6K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 52% Low 56%
12 mo UP 53% Low 53%
24 mo UP 55% Low 65%

Data-backed market intelligence, not a guaranteed prediction. Figures are modeled estimates from asking prices, sold comps, and public economic indicators; they can be wrong. Not financial advice.

Lead Indicator Forecast

Some indicators move before this market does. High-Yield Bond Spread has historically led it by about 8 months — so its recent move implies where prices head next (dashed). The solid green line is actual value through today; the shaded path is what the lead implies.

$22.5K now +8mo 2012-05 $79.2K $16.6K
BECAUSE credit spreads fell 6%. THEREFORE, given its usual 8-month head start, we lean UP — about +1% (≈ +$220) over the next 8 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation -0.57, 18 months overlap).

Crystal Ball — What Leading Indicators Signal

Distinct from the trend forecast above: this blends all 8 leading indicators (each at its own lead time, de-duplicated so correlated ones don't double-count) into one signal. Leading indicators are collectively signaling lower over the next ~12 months (high conviction — 77% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by LVMH (luxury proxy ADR) and US Metro Mean Temperature, though Dow Jones Industrial points the other way.

⚠ The price trend and leading indicators disagree — momentum may be running ahead of the fundamentals.
now +12mo (indicators) $79.2K $9.3K

Are the indicators agreeing?

Each bar is one driver's current push; longer = more weight. All one side = high conviction; split = low.

LVMH (luxury proxy A-0.5US Metro Mean Temper-0.2U. Michigan Consumer-1.3Bitcoin (USD)-1.72-Year Treasury Yiel-1.1WTI Crude Oil-0.9Housing Starts-1.3Dow Jones Industrial+0.2 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2012

$100K invested 2012-05 → today (14.2 yrs), this car vs where else you could've put the money. Rebased to 100 at the start; the dashed line is inflation (break-even).

$28.2K$728K$280K$766K$234K 2012 2026 1083 100
━ This car $28.2K━ S&P 500 $728K━ Gold $280K━ Luxury $766K━ Housing $234K
Lost ground to inflation. The Porsche 944/951 Turbo roughly 0.3×'d your money (a real 81% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 96% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-88%). (Price only — a real round-trip also loses ~10–20% to buy/sell fees and carrying costs.)
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What This Market Follows

Specialty-car prices don't move in a vacuum. These economic indicators have historically led this market — tap one to see it shifted forward by its lead time, overlaid on the value line.

Case-Shiller National Home Price leads by about 14 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.67). Shown shifted forward 14 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Porsche 944/951 Turbo ┄ Case-Shiller National Home Price, shifted +14mo
2012-05 2026-07

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
31
Undervaluation
59
Liquidity
44
Speculation Opportunity
40
Depreciation Risk
70
Overvaluation
44
-95% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
-96% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
asking +23% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
sale prices -4.7%/mo median sale trend slope
-94% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
asking trend +0.2%/mo median asking trend slope
90 days on market median days on market
28% relisted listing reappearance rate

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings163
Median fair value$19,338
Avg deal score55/100

Recent Signals & Alerts

Data-backed market intelligence, not a guaranteed prediction. Figures are modeled estimates from asking prices, sold comps, and public economic indicators; they can be wrong. Not financial advice.