Mazdaspeed 3

MAZDASPEED 3 CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$12.1K ▲ $1.9K (+18.3%)12 mo
WATCHSupported but limited value — but volatile.
Supported (limited) · 11 sold + 289 active
Fair value$12.1K ($10.6K–$13.6K)
Typical ask$7.0K
Recent sold$8.6K
Current valueModerate
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 47% calls right
Buyer: Anchor offers to recent sold comps ($9k).
Seller: Price near recent sold comps ($9k); expect negotiation.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$6.6Ksells fast
Fair$8.6Krecent comps
List$9.2Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$10.0Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $10.6K · Fair $10.6K–$13.6K · careful above $13.9K

Flagged undervalued because inventory -0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 16 yr, 80k mi example, ~$12.1K 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.

2017-04 2026-07 $25.4K $4.2K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 52 confirmed sales (52 auction)·66 sales tracked·112 months tracked·since 2017-04·716 active listings

Did our model work? 47% 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 15 scored forecasts: 47% got the direction right, median value error ±40%.

2013-04 2026-07 $21.6K $2.8K
━ 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 live

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 2012 · 127k mi classic $4.8K–$13.6K ($8.1K)
open 2011 · 179k mi classic $4.3K–$12.0K ($7.1K)
open 2012 · 82k mi classic $6.2K–$17.1K ($10.3K)
open 2011 · 172k mi classic $3.8K–$12.3K ($6.9K)
open 2013 · 67k mi classic $5.9K–$18.9K ($10.6K)
open 2007 · 128k mi classic $4.3K–$13.8K ($7.7K)
open 2013 · 113k mi classic $4.6K–$14.8K ($8.2K)
open 2013 · 96k mi classic $5.0K–$16.0K ($9.0K)

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).

2017-04 now +24mo $43.6K $3.6K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 52% Low 62%
12 mo UP 49% Low 47%
24 mo UP 49% Low 67%

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. CPI (All Urban Consumers) has historically led it by about 4 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.

$12.2K now +4mo 2017-04 $19.8K $8.5K
BECAUSE CPI (All Urban Consumers) rose 2%. THEREFORE, given its usual 4-month head start, we lean UP — about +1% (≈ +$126) over the next 4 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation +0.67, 24 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 — 51% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by Nasdaq Composite and Personal Savings Rate, though CPI (All Urban Consumers) points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point up. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $19.8K $7.6K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

Nasdaq Composite+1.4Personal Savings Rat+0.8CPI (All Urban Consu-0.5US Regular Gas Price+0.2Consumer Discretiona+1.0Bitcoin (USD)+1.8Advance Retail Sales-0.2Unemployment Rate+0.1 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2017

$100K invested 2017-04 → today (9.2 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).

$93.9K$370K$324K$312K$175K 2017 2026 486 100
━ This car $93.9K━ S&P 500 $370K━ Gold $324K━ Luxury $312K━ Housing $175K₿ Bitcoin ×44 (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Mazdaspeed 3 roughly 0.9×'d your money (a real 31% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 75% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-46%). (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.

CPI (All Urban Consumers) leads by about 4 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.67). Shown shifted forward 4 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Mazdaspeed 3 ┄ CPI (All Urban Consumers), shifted +4mo
2017-04 2026-07

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
67
Undervaluation
44
Liquidity
49
Speculation Opportunity
53
Depreciation Risk
49
Overvaluation
55
+19% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
inventory -0% inventory trend slope
+11% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
asking trend +0.3%/mo median asking trend slope
+26% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
22% of listings cutting price price drop frequency
30 days on market median days on market
new-listing velocity 2% of active new listing velocity

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings716
Median fair value$8,183
Avg deal score54/100

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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.