Before I started this website, a lot of my predictions were pure gut, drawing on decades of experience in the car business. Farago brought a new discipline to the process. He insisted that we offer more detailed analysis of the cars we were following and consider wider trends. Initially, this threw me off my game. [Farago: Tony “off his game” is better than anyone else you can name.] As you can see from the results below, the combination of instinct and intellect is beginning to pay off.
I underestimated the Ferrari Mondial and the Porsche 911 Turbo by around five percent. I nailed the Acura NSX and the Ferrari 355 GTS. On the downside, I was way off on the Buick Regal Grand National. I’m not sure if that’s a trend or a pissing contest, but I’m going to keep a closer eye on muscle cars. If you want a prediction for a car coming up from auction, text the number on the home page. Thanks for reading.
| Automobile | My Prediction (based on hammer) | Hammered | With Fee | Auctions Prediction |
| Buick Regal | $55k | $90k | $95k | 0 |
| Ferrari Mondial | $53 to $60 | $62,500 | $67k | 0 |
| Porsche 911 Turbo | $78k “area” | $69,996 | $75k | 0 |
| 1996 Acura NSX Automatic | $125k | $125k | $130k | 0 |
| Ferrari 355 GTS | $123k to $133k | $127k | $132k | 0 |
That Buick price is crazy. Do you know if it was Xers or Boomers who were competing for it? I feel like all but the most X11 chip muscle cars are going to freefall over the next decade or so. Ultimately they are econoboxes/barges with big engines, or at best in the GN’s case late malaise era mid-tier GM “Luxury.” Maybe prime candidates for Singerization but they are not great cars even if they were restored to better than new.
It’s like the nsx, it has 2 generations bidding, Boomers and Xgen. that helps.