Land Rover Series 88

SERIES 88 CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$19.6K ▼ $4.9K (−19.9%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEPriced above trend — but volatile.
Well supported · 92 sold + 40 active
Fair value$19.6K ($17.2K–$21.9K)
Typical ask$33.0K
Recent sold$22.8K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 55% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($23k), not asking prices ($33k).
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$17.2Ksells fast
Fair$22.8Krecent comps
List$24.4Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$30.7Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $17.2K · Fair $17.2K–$21.9K · careful above $49.2K

Flagged undervalued because sell-through 100%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 48 yr, 38k mi example, ~$19.6K 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 2026-08 $41.1K $6.7K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 430 confirmed auction sales·677 sales tracked·66 months tracked·since 2021-03·136 active listings

Did our model work? 55% 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 42 scored forecasts: 55% got the direction right, median value error ±30%.

2021-03 2026-08 $30.4K $6.0K
━ 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 303 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
2026-08-07 1972 · 49k mi $11.5K–$33.3K $23.5K
2026-08-03 1973 · 63k mi $11.5K–$33.3K $31.0K
2026-07-13 1983 · 35k mi $12.0K–$34.7K $11.6K
2026-07-13 1982 · 40k mi $11.8K–$34.2K $11.3K
2026-06-15 1977 · 46k mi $11.6K–$33.7K $19.8K
2026-06-15 1974 · 16k mi $12.4K–$36.1K $13.4K
2026-06-10 1972 · 48k mi $11.6K–$33.7K $26.8K
2026-05-26 1973 · 6k mi $9.2K–$26.6K $19.0K

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 1976 · 13k mi classic $11.0K–$41.4K ($21.3K)
open 1952 · 39k mi classic $10.1K–$38.1K ($19.6K)
open 1978 · 7k mi classic $9.3K–$35.1K ($18.1K)

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 $54.9K $2.4K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo UP 47% Low 63%
12 mo UP 46% Low 55%
24 mo UP 46% Low 50%

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. High-Yield Bond Spread has historically led it by about 8 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.

$19.6K now +8mo 2021-03 $30.0K $18.7K
BECAUSE credit spreads fell 4%. THEREFORE, given its usual 8-month head start, we expect little change — about +0% (≈ +$16) over the next 8 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation -0.60, 20 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 (high conviction — 77% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by PCE Price Index and Advance Retail Sales, though Housing Starts points the other way.

⚠ The price trend and leading indicators disagree — momentum may be running ahead of the fundamentals.
now +12mo (indicators) $30.0K $12.9K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

PCE Price Index-2.3Advance Retail Sales-0.1Initial Jobless Clai-0.22-Year Treasury Yiel-0.8Bitcoin (USD)-1.7Personal Savings Rat-0.6US Regular Gas Price-1.0Housing Starts+1.1 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2021

$100K invested 2021-03 → today (5.4 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).

$64.9K$215K$261K$97.8K$137K 2021 2026 305 100
━ This car $64.9K━ S&P 500 $215K━ Gold $261K━ Luxury $97.8K━ Housing $137K₿ Bitcoin $108K (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Land Rover Series 88 roughly 0.6×'d your money (a real 48% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 70% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-53%). (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 8 months (moves against this market, correlation 0.60). Shown shifted forward 8 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Land Rover Series 88 ┄ High-Yield Bond Spread, shifted +8mo
2023-11 2026-08

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
63
Undervaluation
36
Liquidity
47
Speculation Opportunity
44
Depreciation Risk
54
Overvaluation
71
asking +56% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
+33% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
+28% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
+34% 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
29% of listings cutting price price drop frequency

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings136
Median fair value$18,523
Avg deal score61/100

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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.