Market Intelligence

The RevFolio Journal

Deep dives on the enthusiast cars worth your attention: market analysis, buying guides, and the stories behind the numbers.

Market InsightOctober 1, 2026·7 min read

The Cheapest Real Sports Car Is Still a Corvette.

A manual C5 coupe measures $21,400 at 31,000 miles, $2,000 more than the automatic, and rose 3.5% in a year. Two of this week's deals are C5s.

Read →
Chevrolet Corvette (C5)
Market InsightSeptember 29, 2026·8 min read

The E46 M3 Has No Price. It Has a Ladder.

A 2004 coupe is worth $40,350 at 30,000 miles and $21,614 at 130,000. Same car, same engine, half the money. The odometer is the price.

Read →
BMW M3 (E46)
Market InsightAugust 18, 2026·9 min read

Priced for a Fear, Not a Failure: The 997.1 Is the Last Cheap Analog 911

It sells for 23 percent less than the car that replaced it. The two are nearly identical. The entire gap comes down to one bearing.

Read →
Porsche 911 Carrera S (997)
Market InsightJuly 1, 2026·9 min read

The Floor and the Trap

Every modern exotic falls the same way. The trick isn't spotting a cheap one — it's knowing which have stopped falling and which are still on the way down.

Read →
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
Market InsightJune 20, 2026·10 min read

Manuals Are Now a Tax Bracket

The third pedal stopped being a preference and quietly became a price tier. The auction data is no longer subtle about it.

Read →
Lamborghini Gallardo
Market InsightJune 2, 2026·9 min read

Nobody Saw This Coming: The C6 Corvette Is Quietly Becoming a Store of Value

For twenty years it was the car you bought to drive, not to keep. The auction data is saying something different now.

Read →
Chevrolet Corvette C6
Buying GuideMay 25, 2026·8 min read

The Car Everyone's About to Discover: Why the Manual Aston Martin Vantage Is the Buy of the Decade

YouTube found it. The smart money already owns one. Here's why the window is closing.

Read →
Aston Martin Vantage V8