Ford Mustang (S550)

S550 MUSTANG CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$46.5K ▼ $772 (−1.6%)12 mo
WATCHWell-supported value — but volatile.
Well supported · 491 sold + 18312 active
Fair value$46.5K ($40.9K–$52.1K)
Typical ask$25.0K
Recent sold$57.2K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 48% calls right
Buyer: Anchor offers to recent sold comps ($57k).
Seller: Price near recent sold comps ($57k); expect negotiation.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$23.7Ksells fast
Fair$57.2Krecent comps
List$61.2Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$66.4Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $40.9K · Fair $40.9K–$52.1K · careful above $53.5K

Flagged undervalued because asking -58% vs historic sold, +2% vs 2-yr avg, and inventory -0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 7 yr, 6k mi example, ~$46.5K 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.

2016-01 2026-10 $146K $20.3K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 1444 confirmed sales (1431 auction · 13 other)·130 months tracked·since 2016-01·79845 active listings

Did our model work? 48% 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 71 scored forecasts: 48% got the direction right, median value error ±19%.

2015-07 2026-10 $356K $184
━ 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 8 in 10

We replayed 1,097 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±28%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 8 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly low on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-09-25 2019 · 14k mi $18.9K–$86.7K $45.0K ✓
2026-09-24 2021 · 6k mi $26.2K–$82.8K $62.7K ✓
2026-09-22 2015 · 23k mi $18.4K–$57.9K $30.0K ✓
2026-09-16 2023 · 7k mi $25.1K–$79.1K $69.5K ✓
2026-09-15 2020 · 0k mi $35.4K–$112K $220K ✗
2026-09-15 2020 · 3k mi $28.5K–$89.9K $68.5K ✓
2026-09-14 2019 · 18k mi $20.0K–$63.0K $34.0K ✓
2026-09-12 2022 · 2k mi $30.1K–$94.9K $424K ✗

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 2022 · 19k mi ebay $16.4K–$77.5K ($35.6K)
open 2019 · 44k mi ebay $11.7K–$55.5K ($25.5K)
open 2017 · 71k mi ebay $9.7K–$45.8K ($21.0K)
open 2019 · 15k mi ebay $17.4K–$82.2K ($37.8K)
open 2016 · 1k mi ebay $25.9K–$123K ($56.4K)
open 2015 C&B $21.3K–$101K ($46.5K)
open 2022 · 43k mi ebay $11.7K–$55.6K ($25.5K)
open 2019 · 7k mi ebay $21.1K–$100K ($46.0K)

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).

2016-01 now +24mo $128K $16.2K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 51% Low 60%
12 mo DOWN 47% Low 48%
24 mo FLAT 50% Low 46%

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.

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 (low conviction — 25% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by Silver and Personal Savings Rate, though Silver points the other way.

⚠ The price trend and leading indicators disagree — momentum may be running ahead of the fundamentals.
now +12mo (indicators) $128K $21.7K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

Silver-0.1Personal Savings Rat+1.1Consumer Discretiona+0.6Nasdaq Composite-0.4Initial Jobless Clai+0.210Y-2Y Yield Spread+1.0Advance Retail Sales-0.2Core CPI (ex food/en+0.5 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2016

$100K invested 2016-01 → today (10.8 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).

$36.4K$482K$367K$403K$193K 2016 2026 788 100
━ This car $36.4K━ S&P 500 $482K━ Gold $367K━ Luxury $403K━ Housing $193K₿ Bitcoin ×221 (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Ford Mustang (S550) roughly 0.4×'d your money (a real 74% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 92% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-81%). (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.

High-Yield Bond Spread leads by about 22 months (moves against this market, correlation 0.71). Shown shifted forward 22 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Ford Mustang (S550) ┄ High-Yield Bond Spread, shifted +22mo
2025-01 2026-10

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
45
Undervaluation
59
Liquidity
53
Speculation Opportunity
56
Depreciation Risk
46
Overvaluation
36
asking -58% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
sell-through 60% sell through rate
+2% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
-5% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
sale prices +1.2%/mo median sale trend slope
33 days on market median days on market
new-listing velocity 8% of active new listing velocity

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings79845
Median fair value$35,785
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.