Pontiac Bonneville

BONNEVILLE CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$20.0K ▼ $16.3K (−45.0%)12 mo
WATCHWell-supported value — but volatile.
Well supported · 127 sold + 383 active
Fair value$20.0K ($17.0K–$22.4K)
Typical ask$13.0K
Recent sold$36.3K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 66% calls right
Buyer: Anchor offers to recent sold comps ($36k).
Seller: Price near recent sold comps ($36k); expect negotiation.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$12.3Ksells fast
Fair$36.3Krecent comps
List$38.8Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$42.1Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $17.0K · Fair $17.0K–$22.4K · careful above $27.6K

The Pontiac Bonneville market outlook, with a confidence of 0.935, shows appreciation momentum at 73.4 but indicates a 0.51-0.52 probability of a downward trend in a volatile regime across the 6 to 24-month horizon. Liquidity is noted at 43.51, and the High-Yield Bond Spread is the strongest leading indicator, with an 18-month lead and -0.65 correlation.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 62 yr, 43k mi example, ~$20.0K 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.

2006-01 2026-08 $242K $1.8K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 779 confirmed sales (777 auction · 2 other)·1000 sales tracked·248 months tracked·since 2006-01·1122 active listings

Did our model work? 66% 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 119 scored forecasts: 66% got the direction right, median value error ±33%.

2003-08 2026-08 $157K $2.3K
━ 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 gavel in range 6 in 10

We replayed 161 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±48%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 6 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly high on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-08-06 1966 · 68k mi $10.6K–$57.3K $50.4K
2026-08-06 1966 · 68k mi $12.8K–$46.9K $50.4K
2026-07-31 1964 · 59k mi $14.4K–$52.4K $15.0K
2026-07-30 1960 · 59k mi $14.3K–$52.1K $16.5K
2026-07-22 2002 · 179k mi $5.6K–$20.6K $8.0K
2026-07-21 2005 · 76k mi $13.9K–$50.6K $5.9K
2026-07-21 2005 · 76k mi $10.0K–$53.6K $5.9K
2026-07-18 1963 · 84k mi $13.5K–$49.2K $44.5K

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 1965 · 20k mi ebay $12.8K–$69.0K ($29.7K)
open 1960 · 59k mi ebay $9.8K–$52.8K ($22.8K)
open 1969 · 42k mi ebay $8.5K–$45.8K ($19.7K)
open 1960 · 59k mi ebay $9.8K–$52.8K ($22.8K)
open 1981 · 120k mi ebay $5.2K–$28.2K ($12.2K)
open 1969 · 42k mi ebay $8.5K–$45.7K ($19.7K)
open 1964 · 63k mi ebay $10.0K–$53.9K ($23.2K)
open 1973 · 60k mi ebay $9.9K–$53.3K ($23.0K)

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).

2006-01 now +24mo $359K $389
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 51% Low 69%
12 mo DOWN 52% Low 66%
24 mo DOWN 52% Low 56%

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 4 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.

$20.4K now +4mo 2006-01 $76.0K $15.0K
BECAUSE credit spreads fell 4%. THEREFORE, given its usual 4-month head start, we lean UP — about +2% (≈ +$384) over the next 4 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation +0.50, 24 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 — 74% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by High-Yield Bond Spread and Initial Jobless Claims, though Initial Jobless Claims points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point down. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $76.0K $9.8K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

High-Yield Bond Spre-1.2Initial Jobless Clai+2.5Consumer Discretiona-0.710Y-2Y Yield Spread-0.0Housing Starts-0.8WTI Crude Oil-1.0Advance Retail Sales-2.2LVMH (luxury proxy A-0.1 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2006

$100K invested 2006-01 → today (20.6 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).

$34.9K$874K$783K$1432K$185K 2006 2026 2270 100
━ This car $34.9K━ S&P 500 $874K━ Gold $783K━ Luxury $1432K━ Housing $185K
Lost ground to inflation. The Pontiac Bonneville roughly 0.3×'d your money (a real 79% 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 (-81%). (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.

High-Yield Bond Spread leads by about 18 months (moves against this market, correlation 0.54). Shown shifted forward 18 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Pontiac Bonneville ┄ High-Yield Bond Spread, shifted +18mo
2024-09 2026-08

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
69
Undervaluation
53
Liquidity
44
Speculation Opportunity
57
Depreciation Risk
48
Overvaluation
49
asking -57% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
+24% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
+18% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
asking trend +0.3%/mo median asking trend slope
sale prices +2.0%/mo median sale trend slope
+17% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
sell-through 69% sell through rate
68 days on market median days on market

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings1122
Median fair value$18,258
Avg deal score54/100

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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.