CHEVROLET BEL AIR: BUYER'S GUIDE
Median Price: £42,163 • Highest Price: £346,731 • Lowest Price: £301 • Sell-Through Rate: 75%
Source: Bring A Trailer
How much is a Bel Air worth?
In our experience, we've seen plenty of Bel Air's go under the hammer and based on analysing every sale you can expect to pay £42,163 for one in average condition - that places it amongst the most expensive 30% of collector cars across our database.
As Chevrolet's go, a Bel Air is on the higher end relative to other Chevrolet models. In fact this model is £8,626 above the median Chevrolet price of £33,537.
What is the maximum to pay for a Bel Air?
Across the 1760 Bel Air's we've seen sell, the highest price ever recorded for this model is £346,731. It was sold by Mecum in the US on 18 May 2024.
What is the lowest to pay for a Bel Air?
Well, that depends on where you draw the threshold.
The lowest sale of all time for this vehicle is £301. RM Sotheby's sold the car at auction in the US on 16 Sep 2007.
When looking at more recent sales the lowest recorded price is, as you would expect, higher. Analysing every sale since 2020 shows that the lowest price between 2020 and today is £2,240, Richard Edmonds sold this car in the UK on 26 Mar 2022.
What is the background of the make / model?
Chevrolet produced this model between 1950 and 2024.
Chevrolet is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Founded on November 3, 1911 by Swiss race car driver and automotive engineer Louis Chevrolet in Detroit with his brother Arthur Chevrolet and William C. Durant.
Chevrolet has had a great influence on the American automobile market throughout history. Most notably of which was the Chevrolet Corvette released In 1953 and still produced today.
How common is a Bel Air?
According to data from the DVLA, the UK licensing authority, in 2022 there were 306 licensed vehicles alive and kicking on UK roads. There were also 84 vehicles that are SORNd - in other words not currently registered for the road. Note: that data is for this model and all of its sub-models.
Building on that, we've also seen plenty of these go under the hammer at auctions around the world, 2339 to be precise. It's among the 1% most common collector cars to sell at auction.
Of those 2339 times the model has gone to auction 1760 have sold. In other words, this model sells on 75% of times it goes to auction - that's below the average sell-through rate we traditionally see.
How does the Bel Air compare to other cars?
We know from reviews of this model by our 42,000+ strong community how this car performs across multiple variables. Those variables stack up to give a TCVScore which is a relative score of how good a car is across 5 variables in comparison to all other cars.
For the Bel Air, it scores a 58 out of 100 - that places it in the top 50% of all cars in our database.
How the car scores across all variables is below:
Styling: 6/10
Cool Factor: 6/10
Practicality: 5/10
Handling: 5/10
Speed: 7/10
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Why this article was created
Well, we've got one of the largest databases of sold classic car prices in the world so we thought we ought to help and put that data to good use. To be clear though, this article is not intended to be a full tour of every nook and sill of the Bel Air, rather it's meant to act as an introductory guide and overview of the market for this model.
It is here to provide you guidance on how much you should and shouldn't be paying for one based on the 2339 we've seen previously.
If you're after more detail, we've got you covered. Click the button below to be taken to a the price guide for this model so you can see every single sale, price trend over time and lots more.
How this article was created
This article was created by looking back at sales of Bel Air since the beginning of our database in 1992. We've scanned over 30 auction houses and results from over £15 billion of sold cars around the world to understand the where the market is at for this car.
The Classic Valuer takes that data and analytics which enables it to generate these articles at scale, for further information regarding the Bel Air please visit the price guide linked below.
About The Author
Giles Gunning
Giles is CEO of The Classic Valuer - one of the world's largest databases of sold classic cars in the world going back over 30 years covering over 11,000 models. Giles and The Classic Valuer are regularly referenced in key classic car publications including Classic & Sports Car.
Giles grew up around the iconic historic motorsport venue at Goodwood and enjoys his 1972 Alfa Romeo 1600 GT Junior around the Sussex roads. His primary car goal is to purchase back a selection of his grandfather's car's including his 1931 Riley Brooklands.
