Chevrolet Camaro 3rd Gen

CAMARO 3RD GEN CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$19.2K ▲ $1.3K (+7.3%)12 mo
WATCHMixed signals — but volatile.
Fair value$19.2K ($16.9K–$21.5K)
Typical ask$14.5K
Recent sold$19.8K
12-mo outlookRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up
ConfidenceHigh · 41% calls right
Buyer: Anchor offers to recent sold comps ($20k).
Seller: Price near recent sold comps ($20k); expect negotiation.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend before acting.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$13.8Ksells fast
Fair$19.8Krecent comps
List$21.2Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$23.9Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $16.9K · Fair $16.9K–$21.5K · careful above $23.9K

Flagged undervalued because asking -30% vs historic sold, -20% vs 3-yr trend, and -18% vs 2-yr avg.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 37 yr, 34k mi example, ~$19.2K 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.

2012-01 2026-06 $29.5K $0
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 1102 confirmed sales·174 months tracked·since 2012-01·1110 active listings

Did our model work? 41% 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 39 scored forecasts: 41% got the direction right, median value error ±22%.

2021-03 2026-06 $38.9K $15.3K
━ 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 7 in 10

We replayed 332 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±28%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 7 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly low on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-05-28 1985 · 17k mi $13.7K–$40.3K $15.0K
2026-05-21 1987 · 35k mi $11.3K–$33.3K $23.5K
2026-05-17 1992 · 7k mi $13.8K–$40.4K $21.3K
2026-05-13 1988 · 12k mi $13.8K–$40.4K $22.0K
2026-05-09 1991 · 36k mi $11.2K–$33.0K $16.1K
2026-05-08 1984 · 67k mi $8.6K–$25.3K $20.9K
2026-05-07 1986 · 43k mi $10.5K–$30.8K $17.4K
2026-04-24 1984 · 41k mi $10.8K–$31.6K $13.8K

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 1983 · 75k mi classic $7.3K–$31.0K ($15.0K)
open 1988 · 93k mi ebay $7.3K–$30.9K ($15.0K)
open 1986 · 27k mi classic $10.1K–$42.8K ($20.8K)
open 1991 · 63k mi classic $7.1K–$30.0K ($14.6K)
open 1992 · 126k mi ebay $4.6K–$19.5K ($9.5K)
open 1989 · 2k mi classic $12.9K–$54.5K ($26.5K)
open 1986 classic $9.4K–$39.9K ($19.4K)
open 1986 · 48k mi classic $8.0K–$33.7K ($16.4K)

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).

2012-01 now +24mo $77.7K $6.5K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 47% Low 71%
12 mo UP 48% Low 41%
24 mo UP 48% Low 33%

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. Gold (futures) 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.

$19.3K now +3mo 2012-01 $22.0K $6.5K
BECAUSE gold fell 4%. THEREFORE, given its usual 3-month head start, we expect little change — about +0% (≈ +$77) over the next 3 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation -0.48, 42 months overlap).

If You’d Bought in 2012

$100K invested 2012-01 → today (14.4 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).

$148K$743K$261K$670K$246K 2012 2026 1035 100
━ This car $148K━ S&P 500 $743K━ Gold $261K━ Luxury $670K━ Housing $246K
Roughly tracked inflation — flat in real terms. The Chevrolet Camaro 3rd Gen roughly 1.5×'d your money (a real, inflation-adjusted 1.0× gain). It LAGGED the stock market by about 80% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-40%). (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 7 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.50). Shown shifted forward 7 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Chevrolet Camaro 3rd Gen ┄ High-Yield Bond Spread, shifted +7mo
2023-10 2026-06

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
30
Undervaluation
46
Liquidity
31
Speculation Opportunity
37
Depreciation Risk
66
Overvaluation
42
sell-through 83% sell through rate
asking -30% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
-20% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
-17% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
sale prices -0.4%/mo median sale trend slope
16% of listings cutting price price drop frequency
new-listing velocity 6% of active new listing velocity

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings1110
Median fair value$13,042
Avg deal score52/100

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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.