Land Rover Series 88

SERIES 88 CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$19.7K ▼ $3.9K (−16.4%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEPriced above trend — but volatile.
Well supported · 95 sold + 21 active
Fair value$19.7K ($17.3K–$23.3K)
Typical ask$39.9K
Recent sold$22.7K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 52% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($23k), not asking prices ($40k).
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$17.3Ksells fast
Fair$22.7Krecent comps
List$24.3Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$30.6Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $17.3K · Fair $17.3K–$23.3K · careful above $65.0K

Flagged undervalued because inventory -2%, and sell-through 100%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 48 yr, 38k mi example, ~$19.7K 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 2026-07 $35.4K $6.7K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 433 confirmed auction sales·684 sales tracked·65 months tracked·since 2021-03·94 active listings

Did our model work? 53% 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 40 scored forecasts: 53% got the direction right, median value error ±25%.

2021-03 2026-06 $42.6K $8.4K
━ 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 300 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
2026-06-15 1974 · 16k mi $11.9K–$34.6K $13.4K
2026-06-10 1972 · 48k mi $10.9K–$31.7K $26.8K
2026-05-26 1973 · 6k mi $9.0K–$26.3K $19.0K
2026-05-25 1976 · 27k mi $11.3K–$32.9K $38.0K
2026-05-16 1952 · 14k mi $11.6K–$33.6K $29.0K
2026-05-16 1979 · 73k mi $10.8K–$31.5K $24.1K
2026-05-05 1953 · 45k mi $10.6K–$30.9K $13.2K
2026-05-03 1973 · 1k mi $12.8K–$37.3K $78.4K

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 1979 C&B $9.3K–$35.5K ($18.1K)
open 1973 · 48k mi classic $10.1K–$38.6K ($19.7K)
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 1983 · 7k mi classic $9.3K–$35.1K ($18.1K)
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 $80.4K $4.0K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 54% Low 74%
12 mo DOWN 54% Low 53%
24 mo DOWN 54% Low 57%

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.

$19.8K now +8mo 2021-03 $29.4K $18.2K
BECAUSE credit spreads fell 6%. THEREFORE, given its usual 8-month head start, we lean UP — about +1% (≈ +$185) over the next 8 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation -0.55, 18 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 — 26% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by PCE Price Index and Advance Retail Sales, though Advance Retail Sales points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point down. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $29.4K $10.7K

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-1.4Advance Retail Sales+0.3Housing Starts-0.3Initial Jobless Clai+0.3US Regular Gas Price-3.02-Year Treasury Yiel-0.3Personal Savings Rat-0.6Ethereum (USD)+0.1 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2021

$100K invested 2021-03 → today (5.3 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).

$67.0K$207K$240K$99.5K$135K 2021 2026 305 100
━ This car $67.0K━ S&P 500 $207K━ Gold $240K━ Luxury $99.5K━ Housing $135K₿ Bitcoin $101K (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Land Rover Series 88 roughly 0.7×'d your money (a real 47% 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.

High-Yield Bond Spread leads by about 8 months (moves against this market, correlation 0.55). 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 2026-07

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
78
Undervaluation
41
Liquidity
54
Speculation Opportunity
57
Depreciation Risk
30
Overvaluation
73
asking +94% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
inventory -2% inventory trend slope
sell-through 100% sell through rate
asking trend +0.8%/mo median asking trend slope
sale prices +0.5%/mo median sale trend slope
new-listing velocity 0% of active new listing velocity
0% relisted listing reappearance rate

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings94
Median fair value$19,357
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.