Triumph Bonneville T120

BONNEVILLE T120 CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$7.2K ▼ $3.2K (−30.6%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEAsks running above recent sales — but volatile.
Auction-supported · 16 sold + 5 active (auction-led)
Fair value$7.2K ($5.5K–$8.9K)
Typical ask$12.0K
Recent sold$8.4K
Current valueModerate
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 56% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($8k), not asking prices ($12k).
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$5.5Ksells fast
Fair$8.4Krecent comps
List$9.0Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$11.4Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $5.5K · Fair $5.5K–$8.9K · careful above $15.0K

Given the thin data state, this is a low-confidence read for the Triumph Bonneville T120 market, showing a depreciation risk score of 78.86 and appreciation momentum of 35.37. A short-term outlook projects a downward direction with 0.51 probability for 6 months, contrasting with an upward direction at 0.49 probability for both the 12- and 24-month horizons, all within a volatile regime. The Dow Jones Industrial is identified as the strongest leading indicator, exhibiting a negative correlation of -0.84 with a 10-month lead.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 60 yr, 1k mi example, ~$7.2K 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.

2006-07 2026-07 $116K $0
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 106 confirmed sales (106 auction)·124 sales tracked·241 months tracked·since 2006-07·5 active listings

Did our model work? 56% 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 32 scored forecasts: 56% got the direction right, median value error ±104%.

2005-07 2026-06 $166K $1.3K
━ 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 live

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 5 open auctions in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 1969 · 0k mi classic $3.7K–$19.6K ($8.5K)
open 1965 · 16k mi classic $3.0K–$15.9K ($6.9K)
open 1966 · 1k mi classic $4.4K–$23.5K ($10.2K)
open 1963 · 27k mi classic $3.1K–$16.2K ($7.0K)
open 1966 · 4k mi classic $4.3K–$22.7K ($9.9K)

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).

2006-07 now +24mo $1440K $93
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 51% Low 66%
12 mo UP 49% Low 56%
24 mo UP 49% Low 50%

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. LVMH (luxury proxy ADR) has historically led it by about 2 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.

$7.2K now +2mo 2006-07 $43.7K $7.1K
BECAUSE luxury-goods demand rose 4%. THEREFORE, given its usual 2-month head start, we expect little change — about +0% (≈ +$31) over the next 2 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation +0.43, 34 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 — 76% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by Effective Fed Funds Rate and Initial Jobless Claims, though Personal Savings Rate points the other way.

⚠ The price trend and leading indicators disagree — momentum may be running ahead of the fundamentals.
now +12mo (indicators) $43.7K $3.3K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

Effective Fed Funds -0.3Initial Jobless Clai-1.2LVMH (luxury proxy A-0.3Bitcoin (USD)-0.5Advance Retail Sales-0.2Personal Savings Rat+0.1US Regular Gas Price-1.8Core CPI (ex food/en-0.9 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2006

$100K invested 2006-07 → today (20.0 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).

$41.0K$838K$647K$1360K$179K 2006 2026 2121 100
━ This car $41.0K━ S&P 500 $838K━ Gold $647K━ Luxury $1360K━ Housing $179K
Lost ground to inflation. The Triumph Bonneville T120 roughly 0.4×'d your money (a real 75% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 95% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-77%). (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.

Ethereum (USD) leads by about 11 months (moves against this market, correlation 0.56). Shown shifted forward 11 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Triumph Bonneville T120 ┄ Ethereum (USD), shifted +11mo
2018-08 2026-07

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
37
Undervaluation
60
Speculation Opportunity
35
Depreciation Risk
75
Overvaluation
33
-58% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
-59% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
inventory +1% inventory trend slope
sale prices -3.6%/mo median sale trend slope
asking trend +0.2%/mo median asking trend slope
-34% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings5
Median fair value$9,631
Avg deal score60/100

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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.