CarRank Support
How our metrics work
Definitions, formulas, and limitations for every tooltip on brand profiles and market panels. Search or browse by topic.
Market metrics
Fair price, liquidity proxies, and value signals from scraped listings.
Data quality
How we score confidence in a slice of market data.
Ownership & running costs
Insurance, road tax, maintenance, and five-year ownership estimates.
Brand & safety
Official links and crash-test context on brand profiles.
All articles (14)
- Fair market priceThe typical asking price for listings in your current filter — resistant to a few extreme high or low posts.
- Est. market capA rough inventory-value proxy for the filtered slice — useful for comparing brands or models by listed stock, not audited trade volume.
- Ingest countHow many listings our pipeline counted in the brand stats aggregate for this filter — not necessarily every row you see in the Listings tab.
- Depreciation / monthAn implied monthly value loss derived from listing price relative to vehicle age in the slice.
- Per kmHow much ringgit is implicitly embedded in each kilometre on the median car in this slice.
- Value scoreA normalized blend of price, age, and km signals — a segment ranking placeholder until peer cohorts ship.
- Purchase powerDirectional instalment and gross household-income band implied by the slice median ask — not a bank offer.
- Data confidenceHow much we trust the statistics for this slice, based on sample size, spread, and ingest freshness.
- Insurance estimateA yearly comprehensive premium estimate from median listing value and typical Malaysian rating factors.
- Road taxAnnual road tax for a private saloon in Peninsular Malaysia, inferred from typical engine displacement for the brand.
- MaintenanceA qualitative band for expected service cost and complexity, derived from brand reliability heuristics.
- Ownership costFive-year projection stacking depreciation, insurance, road tax, and maintenance estimates.
- Brand websiteOfficial manufacturer website for the selected brand in Malaysia.
- Social linksOfficial social media presence for the brand — Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok where available.