Rare Market

Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution

WATCHWell-supported value · momentum cooling — but volatile.
Auction-supported · 25 sold + 2 active (auction-led)
Fair value$41.5K ($36.5K–$46.5K)
Typical ask$36.4K
Recent sold$34.0K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendSlightly down · 4-in-10 up · 59% calls right
Buyer: Anchor offers to recent sold comps ($34k).
Seller: Price near recent sold comps ($34k); expect negotiation.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$31.6Ksells fast
Fair$34.0Krecent comps
List$36.4Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$39.4Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $36.5K · Fair $36.5K–$46.5K · careful above $47.7K

This is a rare market — roughly 19 sales per year documented since 2021 (101 total across all sources).

Long-term median$33.0K
10th–90th percentile$21.5K – $48.0K
Range observed$14.3K – $70.9K
Most recent confirmed sale
1998 1998 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution
$34.0K · Sep 9, 2026 ·Classic.com ·Bring a Trailer Auctions ·72,700 mi
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Tracking 4 sales in the last 90 days. We'll publish a confident 12-month outlook once 1 more sale closes — at this market's typical pace, that's roughly a few weeks.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 27 yr, 71k mi example, ~$41.5K 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.

2022-07 2026-09 $58.0K $15.3K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 73 confirmed sales (73 auction)·101 sales tracked·51 months tracked·since 2022-07·25 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 17 scored forecasts: 59% got the direction right, median value error ±26%.

2021-05 2026-09 $76.9K $21.7K
━ 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 62 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±19%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 9 in 10 of the time.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-09-09 1998 · 73k mi $22.4K–$65.1K $34.0K ✓
2026-08-14 1998 · 66k mi $22.0K–$63.9K $44.1K ✓
2026-06-30 1998 · 91k mi $17.2K–$49.8K $28.2K ✓
2026-06-22 1997 · 62k mi $19.8K–$57.3K $31.6K ✓
2026-05-28 1997 · 74k mi $16.5K–$47.8K $35.7K ✓
2026-05-05 1997 · 72k mi $16.7K–$48.5K $70.9K ✗
2026-05-03 1998 · 35k mi $18.4K–$53.2K $42.0K ✓
2026-04-30 1997 · 17k mi $18.6K–$53.9K $50.0K ✓

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 1998 · 87k mi BaT $19.3K–$75.9K ($38.3K)
open 1997 · 175k mi classic $12.6K–$47.6K ($24.5K)

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.

Lead Indicator Forecast

Some indicators move before this market does. Gold (futures) 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.

$39.6K now +21mo 2022-07 $42.4K $28.8K
BECAUSE gold rose 60%. THEREFORE, given its usual 21-month head start, we lean DOWN — about −4% (≈ −$1,852) over the next 21 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation +0.78, 19 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 lower over the next ~12 months (moderate conviction — 53% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by Russell 2000 (small cap) and US Regular Gas Price, though Housing Starts points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point down. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $49.1K $27.8K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

Russell 2000 (small -1.1US Regular Gas Price-1.9Housing Starts+1.9Consumer Discretiona-1.5LVMH (luxury proxy A-1.7Initial Jobless Clai-1.330-Year Mortgage Rat-0.4Ethereum (USD)+1.4 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2022

$100K invested 2022-07 → today (4.2 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).

$117K$200K$248K$80.9K$110K 2022 2026 297 100
━ This car $117K━ S&P 500 $200K━ Gold $248K━ Luxury $80.9K━ Housing $110K₿ Bitcoin $333K (off-scale)
Roughly tracked inflation — flat in real terms. The Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution roughly 1.2×'d your money (a real, inflation-adjusted 1.0× gain). It LAGGED the stock market by about 41% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It beat housing (+6%). (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.

Gold (futures) leads by about 21 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.78). Shown shifted forward 21 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution ┄ Gold (futures), shifted +21mo
2022-07 2026-09

Why We Think This

-13% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
sell-through 100% sell through rate
-3% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
sale prices -0.4%/mo median sale trend slope
asking trend -0.1%/mo median asking trend slope

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings25
Median fair value$31,987
Avg deal score50/100

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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.