Honda Beat

HONDA BEAT CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$9.0K ▲ $1.5K (+20.3%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEPriced above trend — but volatile.
Well supported · 20 sold + 26 active
Fair value$9.0K ($7.9K–$10.0K)
Typical ask$9.9K
Recent sold$7.8K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 59% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($8k), not asking prices ($10k).
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 $7.9K · Fair $7.9K–$10.0K · careful above $11.8K

Flagged undervalued because sell-through 100%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 33 yr, 48k mi example, ~$9.0K 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.

2017-08 2026-08 $16.9K $2.7K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 109 confirmed sales (103 auction · 6 other)·125 sales tracked·109 months tracked·since 2017-08·74 active listings

Did our model work? 59% 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: 59% got the direction right, median value error ±30%.

2004-12 2026-07 $15.5K $3.3K
━ 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 9 in 10

We replayed 58 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
2026-07-17 1992 · 87k mi $4.6K–$12.2K $6.3K
2026-07-15 1991 · 51k mi $5.4K–$14.4K $8.2K
2026-07-08 1991 · 74k mi $4.8K–$12.7K $8.7K
2026-06-05 1991 · 47k mi $5.5K–$14.5K $9.1K
2026-05-27 1991 · 43k mi $5.5K–$14.4K $9.0K
2026-05-15 1991 · 87k mi $4.4K–$11.5K $9.0K
2026-03-26 1991 · 68k mi $4.1K–$10.9K $7.8K
2026-03-19 1991 · 97k mi $3.7K–$9.8K $7.5K

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 4 open auctions in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 1991 · 62k mi classic $4.5K–$15.5K ($8.4K)
open 1991 · 75k mi classic $4.3K–$14.9K ($8.0K)
open 1991 · 110k mi classic $4.0K–$13.7K ($7.4K)
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 $49.6K $2.0K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 50% Low 69%
12 mo UP 50% Low 59%
24 mo UP 51% Low 59%

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. M2 Money Supply has historically led it by about 17 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.

$9.0K now +17mo 2017-08 $11.0K $5.0K
BECAUSE M2 Money Supply rose 8%. THEREFORE, given its usual 17-month head start, we expect little change — about +0% (≈ +$27) over the next 17 months. Confidence: High (correlation +0.70, 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 — 56% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by M2 Money Supply and 10-Year Treasury Yield, though Case-Shiller Home Price points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point up. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $13.5K $5.0K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

M2 Money Supply+1.710-Year Treasury Yie+0.5Unemployment Rate+1.4Core CPI (ex food/en+1.1LVMH (luxury proxy A+0.6Case-Shiller Home P-0.1VIX Volatility Index+1.9Ethereum (USD)-0.8 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2017

$100K invested 2017-08 → today (9.0 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).

$116K$368K$339K$286K$172K 2017 2026 453 100
━ This car $116K━ S&P 500 $368K━ Gold $339K━ Luxury $286K━ Housing $172K₿ Bitcoin ×14 (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Honda Beat roughly 1.2×'d your money (a real 15% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 69% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-33%). (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.

M2 Money Supply leads by about 17 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.70). Shown shifted forward 17 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Honda Beat ┄ M2 Money Supply, shifted +17mo
2017-08 2026-08

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
44
Undervaluation
43
Liquidity
4
Speculation Opportunity
44
Depreciation Risk
92
Overvaluation
96
inventory +1% inventory trend slope
asking +28% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
sell-through 100% sell through rate
asking trend -0.2%/mo median asking trend slope
504 days on market median days on market
38% of listings cutting price price drop frequency

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings74
Median fair value$7,942
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.