Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG

SLS AMG CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$242K ▲ $18.0K (+8.0%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEPriced above trend · momentum improving — but volatile.
Well supported · 175 sold + 143 active
Fair value$242K ($213K–$291K)
Typical ask$342K
Recent sold$229K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendSlightly up · 6-in-10 up · 75% calls right
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($229k), not asking prices ($342k).
Seller: Asks are aggressive vs sold — strong/low-mile cars can ask high, average cars may sit.
Watcher: Improving but choppy — not a clean breakout yet.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$213Ksells fast
Fair$229Krecent comps
List$245Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$309Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $213K · Fair $213K–$291K · careful above $420K

Flagged undervalued because inventory -1%, and sell-through 81%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 13 yr, 9k mi example, ~$242K 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.

2013-05 2026-10 $756K $0
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 505 confirmed sales (465 auction · 40 other)·829 sales tracked·154 months tracked·since 2013-05·551 active listings

Did our model work? 75% 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 67 scored forecasts: 75% got the direction right, median value error ±33%.

2012-03 2026-10 $285K $8.3K
━ 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 294 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±23%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 7 in 10 of the time.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-09-17 2011 · 20k mi $116K–$253K $295K ✗
2026-09-15 2010 · 7k mi $152K–$331K $317K ✓
2026-09-12 2012 · 41k mi $101K–$220K $101K ✗
2026-09-10 2012 · 17k mi $121K–$264K $290K ✗
2026-09-08 2012 · 27k mi $110K–$239K $270K ✗
2026-09-03 2011 · 13k mi $130K–$282K $299K ✗
2026-09-02 2012 · 6k mi $157K–$342K $349K ✗
2026-08-31 2011 · 3k mi $171K–$371K $478K ✗

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 2014 · 3k mi ebay $171K–$504K ($293K)
open 2014 · 3k mi ebay $171K–$504K ($293K)
open 2014 · 3k mi ebay $171K–$504K ($293K)
open 2014 · 3k mi ebay $171K–$506K ($294K)
open 2014 · 6k mi ebay $138K–$409K ($238K)
open 2012 · 21k mi ebay $108K–$308K ($182K)
open 2012 · 21k mi ebay $98.5K–$282K ($167K)
open 2013 · 56k mi ebay $89.5K–$255K ($151K)

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).

2013-05 now +24mo $3773K $24.3K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 45% Low 63%
12 mo UP 58% Low 75%
24 mo UP 61% Low 84%

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 (moderate conviction — 51% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by CPI (All Urban Consumers) and WTI Crude Oil, though Ethereum (USD) points the other way.

Trend and leading indicators agree — both point up. Higher-conviction read.
now +12mo (indicators) $462K $157K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

CPI (All Urban Consu+0.9WTI Crude Oil+0.7Trade-Weighted Dolla+1.5Ethereum (USD)-1.130-Year Mortgage Rat+2.4Nonfarm Payrolls (jo+0.6Nasdaq Composite-0.2Gold (futures)+0.7 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2013

$100K invested 2013-05 → today (13.4 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).

$121K$594K$294K$446K$219K 2013 2026 872 100
━ This car $121K━ S&P 500 $594K━ Gold $294K━ Luxury $446K━ Housing $219K
Lost ground to inflation. The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG roughly 1.2×'d your money (a real 17% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 80% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-45%). (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.

S&P 500 leads by about 9 months (moves with this market, correlation 0.91). Shown shifted forward 9 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG ┄ S&P 500, shifted +9mo
2013-05 2026-10

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
90
Undervaluation
19
Liquidity
49
Speculation Opportunity
45
Depreciation Risk
34
Overvaluation
86
+120% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
+94% vs 2-yr avg pct vs trailing 24mo
asking +60% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
+70% vs 12-mo avg pct vs trailing 12mo
asking trend +0.4%/mo median asking trend slope
sale prices +2.5%/mo median sale trend slope
35% relisted listing reappearance rate
12% of listings cutting price price drop frequency

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings551
Median fair value$198,014
Avg deal score52/100

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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.