Mercury Cougar

COUGAR CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$18.7K ▼ $4.7K (−20.2%)12 mo
WATCHPriced above trend — but volatile.
Well supported · 214 sold + 474 active
Fair value$18.7K ($16.5K–$21.0K)
Typical ask$22.0K
Recent sold$23.0K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 57% calls right
Buyer: Anchor offers to recent sold comps ($23k).
Seller: Price near recent sold comps ($23k); expect negotiation.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$16.5Ksells fast
Fair$23.0Krecent comps
List$24.6Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$31.0Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $16.5K · Fair $16.5K–$21.0K · careful above $32.8K

Flagged undervalued because asking +0% vs historic sold, and inventory +0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 54 yr, 46k mi example, ~$18.7K 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 2026-07 $109K $0
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 1109 confirmed sales (1104 auction · 5 other)·247 months tracked·since 2006-01·830 active listings

Did our model work? 57% 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 137 scored forecasts: 57% got the direction right, median value error ±36%.

2006-01 2026-07 $190K $7.6K
━ 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 5 in 10

We replayed 230 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±46%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 5 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly high on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-06-19 1968 · 83k mi $11.1K–$36.3K $58.0K
2026-06-06 1969 · 14k mi $13.8K–$45.3K $27.5K
2026-05-31 1969 · 50k mi $10.8K–$35.4K $29.0K
2026-05-13 1973 · 12k mi $13.8K–$45.2K $22.0K
2026-05-09 1973 · 93k mi $10.2K–$33.5K $15.4K
2026-04-10 1971 · 76k mi $11.2K–$36.8K $23.6K
2026-04-10 1968 · 35k mi $9.7K–$31.9K $23.1K
2026-04-09 1971 · 59k mi $11.8K–$38.6K $23.1K

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 1969 · 49k mi classic $9.0K–$41.6K ($19.4K)
open 1969 classic $8.7K–$40.2K ($18.7K)
open 1971 · 78k mi ebay $9.5K–$44.1K ($20.5K)
open 1999 · 29k mi ebay $9.5K–$44.3K ($20.6K)
open 1973 · 47k mi ebay $8.9K–$41.1K ($19.1K)
open 1973 · 62k mi BaT $10.6K–$49.2K ($22.9K)
open 1969 · 48k mi BaT $9.0K–$41.6K ($19.3K)
open 1986 · 47k mi classic $8.9K–$41.2K ($19.1K)

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 $163K $1.2K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 52% Low 69%
12 mo DOWN 51% Low 57%
24 mo DOWN 51% Low 53%

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.

If You’d Bought in 2006

$100K invested 2006-01 → today (20.5 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).

$58.3K$843K$719K$1456K$182K 2006 2026 2270 100
━ This car $58.3K━ S&P 500 $843K━ Gold $719K━ Luxury $1456K━ Housing $182K
Lost ground to inflation. The Mercury Cougar roughly 0.6×'d your money (a real 65% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 93% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-68%). (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 0 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.48). Shown shifted forward 0 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Mercury Cougar ┄ High-Yield Bond Spread, shifted +0mo
2023-03 2026-07

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
46
Undervaluation
35
Liquidity
21
Speculation Opportunity
39
Depreciation Risk
63
Overvaluation
63
sell-through 81% sell through rate
+12% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
+8% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
sale prices +1.0%/mo median sale trend slope
+9% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
113 days on market median days on market
7% relisted listing reappearance rate

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings830
Median fair value$18,041
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.