Subaru Baja

BAJA CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$14.1K ▲ $876 (+6.6%)12 mo
WATCHUndervalued vs trend · momentum cooling — but volatile.
Well supported · 59 sold + 172 active
Fair value$14.1K ($12.4K–$15.7K)
Typical ask$9.5K
Recent sold$12.1K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendSlightly down · 4-in-10 up · 19% calls right
Buyer: Prices look low vs trend — a reasonable entry; confirm condition and title.
Seller: Buyers here are value-focused; price near sold comps ($12k) for a timely sale.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$9.0Ksells fast
Fair$12.1Krecent comps
List$12.9Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$14.9Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $12.4K · Fair $12.4K–$15.7K · careful above $16.2K

Given the "thin" data state, this market outlook for the Subaru Baja is low-confidence. Data signals moderate depreciation risk at 57.52 and some undervaluation at 58.53, while appreciation momentum is at 46.93. A downward trend with probabilities of 0.55 at 12 months and 0.57 at 24 months is indicated, operating within a volatile regime, with the Personal Savings Rate being the strongest leading indicator at a -0.86 correlation with a 19-month lead.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 20 yr, 79k mi example, ~$14.1K 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.

2017-11 2026-09 $26.4K $4.2K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 113 confirmed sales (113 auction)·140 sales tracked·100 months tracked·since 2017-11·887 active listings

Did our model work? 19% 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 26 scored forecasts: 19% got the direction right, median value error ±110%.

2016-09 2026-09 $110K $9.5K
━ 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 8 in 10

We replayed 72 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±27%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 8 in 10 of the time.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-08-04 2006 · 173k mi $4.7K–$13.6K $8.1K
2026-07-27 2006 · 155k mi $4.7K–$13.6K $10.1K
2026-07-24 2005 · 98k mi $7.4K–$21.6K $14.9K
2026-07-17 2006 · 118k mi $6.4K–$18.7K $8.6K
2026-07-01 2005 · 51k mi $7.7K–$22.5K $18.3K
2026-06-23 2005 · 118k mi $5.9K–$17.1K $16.8K
2026-06-16 2004 · 79k mi $6.9K–$20.1K $22.0K
2026-05-29 2006 · 171k mi $4.4K–$12.7K $8.6K

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 1 open auction in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 2003 · 126k mi classic $5.3K–$20.4K ($10.4K)

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).

2017-11 now +24mo $125K $1.6K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 46% Low 50%
12 mo DOWN 55% Low 19%
24 mo DOWN 57% Low 7%

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. WTI Crude Oil has historically led it by about 3 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.

$14.4K now +3mo 2017-11 $18.3K $6.0K
BECAUSE oil prices rose 30%. THEREFORE, given its usual 3-month head start, we lean UP — about +2% (≈ +$314) over the next 3 months. Confidence: High (correlation +0.77, 38 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 higher over the next ~12 months (high conviction — 75% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by WTI Crude Oil and Personal Savings Rate, though Ethereum (USD) points the other way.

⚠ The price trend and leading indicators disagree — momentum may be running ahead of the fundamentals.
now +12mo (indicators) $22.4K $6.0K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

WTI Crude Oil+0.4Personal Savings Rat+1.2Advance Retail Sales+2.2Ethereum (USD)-0.9Initial Jobless Clai+1.1Trade-Weighted Dolla+0.9Silver+1.7CPI (All Urban Consu+1.2 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2017

$100K invested 2017-11 → today (8.8 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).

$179K$336K$347K$249K$172K 2017 2026 411 100
━ This car $179K━ S&P 500 $336K━ Gold $347K━ Luxury $249K━ Housing $172K₿ Bitcoin $760K (off-scale)
Solid store of value, but lagged the stock market. The Subaru Baja roughly 1.8×'d your money (a real, inflation-adjusted 1.3× gain). It LAGGED the stock market by about 47% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It beat housing (+4%). (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.

WTI Crude Oil leads by about 3 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.77). Shown shifted forward 3 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Subaru Baja ┄ WTI Crude Oil, shifted +3mo
2017-11 2026-09

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
41
Undervaluation
62
Liquidity
53
Speculation Opportunity
52
Depreciation Risk
58
Overvaluation
37
asking -25% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
-48% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
-40% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
sale prices -2.9%/mo median sale trend slope
-32% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
sell-through 94% sell through rate
25% of listings cutting price price drop frequency
44 days on market median days on market

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings887
Median fair value$9,279
Avg deal score56/100

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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.