Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W140)

W140 S CLASS CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$6.3K ▼ $1.2K (−15.4%)12 mo
BUYER ADVANTAGEPriced above trend.
Supported (limited) · 18 sold + 137 active
Fair value$6.3K ($5.6K–$7.1K)
Typical ask$8.0K
Recent sold$6.7K
Current valueModerate
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up
Buyer: Negotiate from recent sold comps ($7k), not asking prices ($8k).
Seller: Asks are aggressive vs sold — strong/low-mile cars can ask high, average cars may sit.
Watcher: Mixed signals — interesting but no clear momentum story yet.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$5.6Ksells fast
Fair$6.7Krecent comps
List$7.2Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$9.0Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $5.6K · Fair $5.6K–$7.1K · careful above $13.1K

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 30 yr, 115k mi example, ~$6.3K 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.

2025-08 2026-09 $10.8K $3.2K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 19 confirmed sales (15 auction · 4 other)·23 sales tracked·14 months tracked·since 2025-08·601 active listings

Auction Scorecard live

Live now — calling it before the gavel

We're currently tracking 4 open auctions in this market. Here's our predicted hammer range for each — check back after they close.

ClosesCarSourceOur predicted range
open 1996 · 32k mi classic $2.2K–$7.9K ($4.2K)
open 1995 · 102k mi classic $2.2K–$7.9K ($4.2K)
open 1994 classic $2.2K–$7.9K ($4.2K)
open 1998 · 103k mi classic $2.2K–$7.9K ($4.2K)

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).

Forecast pendingWe need ~12 months of history to model where this market is headed.
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo FLAT 50% Low —
12 mo FLAT 50% Low —
24 mo FLAT 50% Low —

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.

If You’d Bought in 2025

$100K invested 2025-08 → today (1.1 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).

$84.6K$121K$126K$84.4K$102K 2025 2026 151 100
━ This car $84.6K━ S&P 500 $121K━ Gold $126K━ Luxury $84.4K━ Housing $102K₿ Bitcoin $71.7K (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Mercedes-Benz S-Class (W140) roughly 0.8×'d your money (a real 18% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 30% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-17%). (Price only — a real round-trip also loses ~10–20% to buy/sell fees and carrying costs.)
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Economic Drivers

We map every market against ~35 economic indicators — equities, rates, luxury demand, credit, housing — to find what leads its prices. This market needs a bit more confirmed sold history before those signals are reliable; it will appear automatically as data accrues.

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
34
Undervaluation
36
Liquidity
37
Speculation Opportunity
32
Depreciation Risk
70
Overvaluation
80
inventory +0% inventory trend slope
sale prices -1.0%/mo median sale trend slope
asking trend -0.0%/mo median asking trend slope
107 days on market median days on market
24% of listings cutting price price drop frequency
7% relisted listing reappearance rate

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings601
Median fair value$12,481
Avg deal score56/100

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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.