Land Rover Series 88

SERIES 88 CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$20.6K ▼ $4.1K (−16.6%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEPriced above trend — but volatile.
Well supported · 87 sold + 22 active
Fair value$20.6K ($18.1K–$23.0K)
Typical ask$32.0K
Recent sold$22.8K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 49% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($23k), not asking prices ($32k).
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$18.1Ksells fast
Fair$22.8Krecent comps
List$24.4Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$30.8Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $18.1K · Fair $18.1K–$23.0K · careful above $48.7K

Flagged undervalued because sell-through 100%, and inventory -0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 48 yr, 36k mi example, ~$20.6K 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.

2021-03 2026-09 $41.1K $6.7K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 435 confirmed auction sales·691 sales tracked·67 months tracked·since 2021-03·160 active listings

Did our model work? 49% 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 43 scored forecasts: 49% got the direction right, median value error ±28%.

2021-03 2026-09 $33.1K $5.4K
━ 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 309 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±32%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 7 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly high on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-09-12 1978 · 0k mi $14.4K–$41.6K $22.2K ✓
2026-09-06 1981 · 1k mi $12.7K–$36.7K $50.0K ✗
2026-08-29 1972 · 21k mi $12.3K–$35.6K $33.5K ✓
2026-08-15 1977 · 20k mi $12.2K–$35.4K $252K ✗
2026-08-07 1972 · 49k mi $10.6K–$30.9K $23.5K ✓
2026-08-03 1973 · 63k mi $10.5K–$30.3K $31.0K ✗
2026-07-14 1974 · 2k mi $10.6K–$30.8K $13.4K ✓
2026-07-13 1983 · 35k mi $11.4K–$33.1K $11.6K ✓

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 1981 classic $9.7K–$37.5K ($19.1K)
open 1979 · 0k mi classic $12.6K–$48.3K ($24.7K)
open 1976 · 55k mi classic $10.1K–$38.7K ($19.8K)
open 1975 · 2k mi classic $9.7K–$37.3K ($19.0K)
open 1981 · 7k mi classic $9.3K–$35.1K ($18.1K)
open 1978 · 7k mi classic $9.3K–$35.1K ($18.1K)
open 1948 · 0k mi classic $14.1K–$53.3K ($27.4K)
open 1979 · 1k mi classic $11.3K–$42.7K ($22.0K)

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).

2021-03 now +24mo $114K $1.7K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 52% Low 71%
12 mo DOWN 52% Low 49%
24 mo DOWN 53% Low 52%

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. Housing Starts has historically led it by about 2 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.

$19.9K now +2mo 2021-03 $29.9K $19.1K
BECAUSE Housing Starts fell 10%. THEREFORE, given its usual 2-month head start, we lean DOWN — about −3% (≈ −$631) over the next 2 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation +0.53, 44 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 (low conviction — 23% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by Housing Starts and PCE Price Index, though Housing Starts points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point down. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $29.9K $11.2K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

Housing Starts+0.9PCE Price Index-3.0Initial Jobless Clai-0.7Advance Retail Sales+0.2WTI Crude Oil+0.32-Year Treasury Yiel-0.8Personal Savings Rat-0.5Dow Jones Industrial-0.8 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2021

$100K invested 2021-03 → today (5.5 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).

$68.8K$213K$255K$88.0K$138K 2021 2026 305 100
━ This car $68.8K━ S&P 500 $213K━ Gold $255K━ Luxury $88.0K━ Housing $138K₿ Bitcoin $132K (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Land Rover Series 88 roughly 0.7×'d your money (a real 45% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 68% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-50%). (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.

Housing Starts leads by about 2 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.53). Shown shifted forward 2 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Land Rover Series 88 ┄ Housing Starts, shifted +2mo
2021-03 2026-09

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
66
Undervaluation
35
Liquidity
55
Speculation Opportunity
46
Depreciation Risk
43
Overvaluation
76
asking +62% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
+39% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
+47% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
+41% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
asking trend -0.1%/mo median asking trend slope
sell-through 100% sell through rate
new-listing velocity 0% of active new listing velocity
0% relisted listing reappearance rate

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings160
Median fair value$18,431
Avg deal score62/100

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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.