Honda Beat

HONDA BEAT CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$8.9K ▲ $1.4K (+18.6%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEPriced above trend — but volatile.
Supported (limited) · 17 sold + 24 active
Fair value$8.9K ($7.8K–$9.9K)
Typical ask$10.6K
Recent sold$7.8K
Current valueModerate
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 58% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($8k), not asking prices ($11k).
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$7.2Ksells fast
Fair$7.8Krecent comps
List$8.3Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$10.5Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $7.8K · Fair $7.8K–$9.9K · careful above $12.9K

Flagged undervalued because sell-through 100%, and inventory +0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 33 yr, 47k mi example, ~$8.9K 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.

2017-08 2026-07 $16.8K $3.3K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 106 confirmed sales (100 auction · 6 other)·121 sales tracked·108 months tracked·since 2017-08·49 active listings

Did our model work? 58% 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 38 scored forecasts: 58% got the direction right, median value error ±30%.

2004-12 2026-06 $12.9K $2.5K
━ 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 55 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±17%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 9 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly high on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-06-05 1991 · 47k mi $5.4K–$14.2K $9.1K
2026-05-27 1991 · 43k mi $5.3K–$14.1K $9.0K
2026-05-15 1991 · 87k mi $4.4K–$11.7K $9.0K
2026-03-26 1991 · 68k mi $4.2K–$11.1K $7.8K
2026-03-19 1991 · 97k mi $4.0K–$10.4K $7.5K
2026-02-20 1991 · 92k mi $4.2K–$11.0K $9.0K
2026-02-18 1994 · 12k mi $6.1K–$16.0K $9.6K
2025-10-13 1992 · 67k mi $4.4K–$11.5K $6.1K

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 2 open auctions in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 1991 C&B $4.8K–$16.4K ($8.9K)
open 1991 · 22k mi classic $5.2K–$17.8K ($9.6K)

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).

2017-08 now +24mo $51.6K $1.8K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 50% Low 68%
12 mo UP 51% Low 58%
24 mo UP 52% Low 54%

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. 2-Year Treasury Yield has historically led it by about 21 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.

$8.7K now +21mo 2017-08 $11.5K $5.7K
BECAUSE 2-Year Treasury Yield rose 13%. THEREFORE, given its usual 21-month head start, we lean DOWN — about −2% (≈ −$144) over the next 21 months. Confidence: High (correlation -0.67, 40 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 higher over the next ~12 months (moderate conviction — 53% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by 2-Year Treasury Yield and M2 Money Supply, though Case-Shiller Home Price points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point up. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $14.0K $5.7K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

2-Year Treasury Yiel+1.6M2 Money Supply+1.7Unemployment Rate+0.8Core CPI (ex food/en+1.8Gold (futures)+2.0Case-Shiller Home P-0.1Russell 2000 (small -0.3Consumer Discretiona+0.6 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2017

$100K invested 2017-08 → today (8.9 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).

$108K$355K$312K$291K$170K 2017 2026 453 100
━ This car $108K━ S&P 500 $355K━ Gold $312K━ Luxury $291K━ Housing $170K₿ Bitcoin ×13 (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Honda Beat roughly 1.1×'d your money (a real 20% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 70% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-36%). (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.

2-Year Treasury Yield leads by about 21 months (moves against this market, correlation 0.67). Shown shifted forward 21 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Honda Beat ┄ 2-Year Treasury Yield, shifted +21mo
2017-08 2026-07

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
54
Undervaluation
48
Liquidity
8
Speculation Opportunity
55
Depreciation Risk
81
Overvaluation
98
+14% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
+7% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
sell-through 100% sell through rate
asking trend -0.2%/mo median asking trend slope
+16% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
460 days on market median days on market
0% relisted listing reappearance rate

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings49
Median fair value$7,970
Avg deal score57/100

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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.