Jeep Wrangler JL (2018+)

WRANGLER JL 2018 CARSTOCKSPECIALTY
$30.3K ▼ $10.2K (−25.1%)12 mo
WATCHWell-supported value — but volatile.
Well supported · 143 sold + 20206 active
Fair value$30.3K ($26.6K–$33.9K)
Typical ask$28.6K
Recent sold$33.3K
Current valueHigh
12-mo trendRoughly flat · 5-in-10 up · 49% calls right
Buyer: Anchor offers to recent sold comps ($33k).
Seller: Price near recent sold comps ($33k); expect negotiation.
Watcher: Volatile — wait for a clearer trend.
💰 Pricing your car to sell
Quick sale$26.6Ksells fast
Fair$33.3Krecent comps
List$35.6Kroom to negotiate
Stretch$38.6Kexceptional
🎯 Buying guide
Strong deal below $26.6K · Fair $26.6K–$33.9K · careful above $34.8K

Flagged undervalued because asking -8% vs historic sold, and inventory -0%.

What It's Actually Worth

Blended value of a standard 5 yr, 24k mi example, ~$30.3K 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.

2018-11 2026-09 $106K $20.7K
━ blended true value ● confirmed auction sales (dot size = volume)
◫ 321 confirmed sales (320 auction · 1 other)·1000 sales tracked·95 months tracked·since 2018-11·74162 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 49 scored forecasts: 49% got the direction right, median value error ±26%.

2018-08 2026-09 $85.4K $17.4K
━ 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 9 in 10

We replayed 191 past auctions in this market — predicting each hammer price from market data before the sale (no hindsight). Typical miss: ±25%; the gavel landed inside our predicted range 9 in 10 of the time, and we lean slightly high on average.

SoldCarOur rangeHammer
2026-08-30 2023 · 0k mi $30.4K–$88.5K $27.7K
2026-08-11 2020 · 54k mi $14.8K–$43.2K $16.5K
2026-07-09 2021 · 25k mi $17.7K–$51.5K $35.0K
2026-07-07 2025 · 18k mi $19.3K–$56.2K $44.2K
2026-07-02 2025 · 4k mi $20.8K–$60.5K $26.5K
2026-07-01 2019 · 42k mi $15.2K–$44.4K $31.3K
2026-06-24 2018 · 72k mi $14.1K–$41.1K $15.5K
2026-06-17 2021 · 20k mi $19.3K–$56.3K $41.5K

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 2024 · 19k mi ebay $16.6K–$64.7K ($32.7K)
open 2018 · 101k mi ebay $10.7K–$41.8K ($21.2K)
open 2019 · 28k mi ebay $14.7K–$57.4K ($29.0K)
open 2018 · 101k mi ebay $10.7K–$41.8K ($21.1K)
open 2020 · 70k mi ebay $12.1K–$47.2K ($23.9K)
open 2018 · 73k mi ebay $11.9K–$46.5K ($23.6K)
open 2018 · 73k mi ebay $11.9K–$46.4K ($23.5K)
open 2021 · 82k mi ebay $11.4K–$44.6K ($22.6K)

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).

2018-11 now +24mo $103K $5.9K
HorizonDirectionProbabilityConfidencePast accuracy
6 mo DOWN 52% Low 65%
12 mo DOWN 52% Low 49%
24 mo DOWN 51% Low 41%

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 11 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.

$30.0K now +11mo 2018-11 $62.1K $29.5K
BECAUSE credit spreads fell 10%. THEREFORE, given its usual 11-month head start, we lean DOWN — about −1% (≈ −$243) over the next 11 months. Confidence: Moderate (correlation +0.65, 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 higher over the next ~12 months (high conviction — 100% of weighted drivers agree), driven mainly by VIX Volatility Index and LVMH (luxury proxy ADR).

⚠ The price trend and leading indicators disagree — momentum may be running ahead of the fundamentals.
now +12mo (indicators) $62.1K $28.4K

Are the indicators agreeing?

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

VIX Volatility Index+1.1LVMH (luxury proxy A+1.630-Year Mortgage Rat+2.4Trade-Weighted Dolla+1.7WTI Crude Oil+0.6Nonfarm Payrolls (jo+1.2Ethereum (USD)+0.5Core CPI (ex food/en+1.0 ← bearish bullish →

If You’d Bought in 2018

$100K invested 2018-11 → today (7.8 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).

$61.1K$320K$362K$247K$164K 2018 2026 429 100
━ This car $61.1K━ S&P 500 $320K━ Gold $362K━ Luxury $247K━ Housing $164K₿ Bitcoin ×19 (off-scale)
Lost ground to inflation. The Jeep Wrangler JL (2018+) roughly 0.6×'d your money (a real 54% LOSS to inflation). It LAGGED the stock market by about 81% — the same money in the S&P 500 would be larger. It trailed housing (-63%). (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 23 months (moves against this market, correlation 0.69). Shown shifted forward 23 months so its turns line up with the market's.

━ Jeep Wrangler JL (2018+) ┄ High-Yield Bond Spread, shifted +23mo
2025-02 2026-09

Why We Think This

Appreciation Momentum
49
Undervaluation
41
Liquidity
42
Speculation Opportunity
48
Depreciation Risk
47
Overvaluation
52
sell-through 16% sell through rate
+19% vs 3-yr trend pct vs trailing 36mo
asking -8% vs historic sold asking vs historic spread
sale prices +1.9%/mo median sale trend slope
inventory -0% inventory trend slope
new-listing velocity 14% of active new listing velocity
44 days on market median days on market

Current Inventory Snapshot

Active priced listings74162
Median fair value$31,044
Avg deal score53/100

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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.