Buick Grand National/GNX

GRAND NATIONAL CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$50.4K ▲ $5.2K (+11.6%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEAsks running above recent sales · momentum improving — but volatile.
Well supported · 88 sold + 108 active
Fair value$50.4K ($44.3K–$56.4K)
Typical ask$49.2K
Recent sold$43.6K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendSlightly up · 6-in-10 up · 69% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($44k), not asking prices ($49k).
Seller: Asks are aggressive vs sold — strong/low-mile cars can ask high, average cars may sit.
Watcher: Improving but choppy — not a clean breakout yet.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$40.6Ksells fast
Fair$43.6Krecent comps
List$46.7Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$58.9Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $44.3K · Fair $44.3K–$56.4K · careful above $60.0K

Flagged undervalued because -52% vs 2-yr avg, -51% vs 3-yr trend, sell-through 97%, and inventory -0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 37 yr, 32k mi example, ~$50.4K 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 2026-08 $110K $6.0K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 623 confirmed sales (603 auction · 20 other)·991 sales tracked·176 months tracked·since 2012-01·336 active listings

Did our model work? 69% 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 109 scored forecasts: 69% got the direction right, median value error ±36%.

2012-01 2026-08 $429K $3.6K
━ 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 9 in 10

We replayed 188 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±18%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 9 in 10 of the time.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-07-24 1987 · 20k mi $28.0K–$91.0K $68.2K
2026-07-23 1984 · 73k mi $20.6K–$67.0K $20.9K
2026-07-14 1987 · 26k mi $26.9K–$87.5K $45.5K
2026-07-10 1986 · 4k mi $36.8K–$120K $80.5K
2026-06-29 1984 · 19k mi $26.9K–$87.5K $25.5K
2026-06-12 1987 · 6k mi $32.9K–$107K $76.5K
2026-06-05 1987 · 88k mi $18.3K–$59.6K $35.2K
2026-05-09 1986 · 77k mi $18.5K–$60.1K $41.8K

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 1987 hagerty $22.8K–$105K ($49.0K)
open 1986 · 73k mi classic $17.9K–$82.8K ($38.5K)
open 1987 · 73k mi classic $17.9K–$82.7K ($38.5K)
open 1986 · 0k mi hemmings $36.9K–$169K ($78.9K)
open 1986 · 0k mi hemmings $36.7K–$168K ($78.7K)
open 1987 · 74k mi classic $17.9K–$82.6K ($38.4K)
open 1986 · 56k mi classic $19.2K–$88.7K ($41.3K)
open 1987 · 11k mi classic $24.8K–$115K ($53.5K)

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 $17144K $4.3K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 54% Low 64%
12 mo UP 55% Low 69%
24 mo UP 58% Low 81%

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.

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 (low conviction — 15% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by Ethereum (USD) and Real Disposable Income per Capita, though Core CPI (ex food/energy) points the other way.

⚠ The price trend and leading indicators disagree — momentum may be running ahead of the fundamentals.
now +12mo (indicators) $79.4K $13.4K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

Ethereum (USD)-1.2Real Disposable Inco-0.2Core CPI (ex food/en+0.9Personal Savings Rat-1.7Consumer Discretiona-1.2Housing Starts+0.5Nasdaq Composite+0.2Silver+1.0 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2012

$100K invested 2012-01 → today (14.6 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).

$225K$766K$257K$653K$250K 2012 2026 1035 100
━ This car $225K━ S&P 500 $766K━ Gold $257K━ Luxury $653K━ Housing $250K
Solid store of value, but lagged the stock market. The Buick Grand National/GNX roughly 2.2×'d your money (a real, inflation-adjusted 1.5× gain). It LAGGED the stock market by about 71% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-10%). (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.

LVMH (luxury proxy ADR) leads by about 15 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.91). Shown shifted forward 15 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Buick Grand National/GNX ┄ LVMH (luxury proxy ADR), shifted +15mo
2012-01 2026-08

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
43
Undervaluation
55
Liquidity
59
Speculation Opportunity
49
Depreciation Risk
50
Overvaluation
44
asking +23% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
-52% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
-51% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
sale prices -2.4%/mo median sale trend slope
-43% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
sell-through 97% sell through rate
30 days on market median days on market
7% relisted listing reappearance rate

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings336
Median fair value$35,891
Avg deal score55/100

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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.