BMW R100

R100 CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$5.9K ▼ $1.3K (−18.2%)12 mo
UNDERVALUEDUndervalued vs trend — but volatile.
Well supported · 34 sold + 72 active
Fair value$5.9K ($5.2K–$6.6K)
Typical ask$5.0K
Recent sold$7.5K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 43% calls right
Buyer: Prices look low vs trend — a reasonable entry; confirm condition and title.
Seller: Buyers here are value-focused; price near sold comps ($8k) for a timely sale.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$4.8Ksells fast
Fair$7.5Krecent comps
List$8.0Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$8.7Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $5.2K · Fair $5.2K–$6.6K · careful above $6.8K

Flagged undervalued because asking -17% vs historic sold, sell-through 100%, -46% vs 2-yr avg, and -48% vs 3-yr trend.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 44 yr, 16k mi example, ~$5.9K 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.

2014-07 2026-08 $24.7K $1.5K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 116 confirmed sales (116 auction)·128 sales tracked·128 months tracked·since 2014-07·227 active listings

Did our model work? 43% 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 23 scored forecasts: 43% got the direction right, median value error ±198%.

2012-07 2026-06 $138K $1.1K
━ 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 7 in 10

We replayed 47 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±41%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 7 in 10 of the time.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-06-23 1995 · 7k mi $3.4K–$12.2K $4.3K
2026-06-20 1994 · 14k mi $3.4K–$12.2K $9.0K
2026-06-19 1988 · 13k mi $3.4K–$12.5K $8.0K
2026-06-09 1984 · 61k mi $2.8K–$10.3K $3.3K
2026-06-06 1984 · 5k mi $3.2K–$11.6K $2.5K
2026-05-15 1994 · 0k mi $5.2K–$19.0K $10.8K
2026-05-14 1978 · 26k mi $3.1K–$11.2K $8.0K
2026-05-13 1977 · 16k mi $3.2K–$11.6K $3.5K

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 3 open auctions in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 1984 · 0k mi classic $4.1K–$22.2K ($9.6K)
open 1978 · 42k mi classic $2.6K–$14.0K ($6.0K)
open 1993 · 50k mi classic $2.5K–$13.1K ($5.7K)

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).

2014-07 now +24mo $244K $1.1K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 51% Low 62%
12 mo UP 52% Low 43%
24 mo UP 53% Low 36%

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. Advance Retail Sales has historically led it by about 3 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.

$5.9K now +3mo 2014-07 $9.5K $2.3K
BECAUSE Advance Retail Sales rose 1%. THEREFORE, given its usual 3-month head start, we expect little change — about −0% (≈ −$4) over the next 3 months. Confidence: High (correlation +0.57, 35 months overlap).

If You’d Bought in 2014

$100K invested 2014-07 → today (12.1 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).

$259K$485K$349K$537K$201K 2014 2026 852 100
━ This car $259K━ S&P 500 $485K━ Gold $349K━ Luxury $537K━ Housing $201K
Solid store of value, but lagged the stock market. The BMW R100 roughly 2.6×'d your money (a real, inflation-adjusted 1.8× gain). It LAGGED the stock market by about 47% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It beat housing (+29%). (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.

Advance Retail Sales leads by about 3 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.57). Shown shifted forward 3 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ BMW R100 ┄ Advance Retail Sales, shifted +3mo
2014-07 2026-08

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
48
Undervaluation
60
Liquidity
51
Speculation Opportunity
57
Depreciation Risk
51
Overvaluation
39
asking -17% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
sell-through 100% sell through rate
-46% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
-48% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
sale prices -0.0%/mo median sale trend slope
new-listing velocity 1% of active new listing velocity
25% of listings cutting price price drop frequency

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings227
Median fair value$6,311
Avg deal score54/100

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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.