Filed under: Coupes, Sports/GTs, Auction Action, Chevrolet
First retail production 2010 Camaro to be auctioned by Barrett-Jackson
Click above for image gallery of the 2010 Chevy Camaro SS
Bidding for the first retail production 2010 Chevy Camaro is set to begin in Prime Time on Saturday, January 17, 2009 at the Barret-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. A similar move was made last year when the first production Corvette ZR1 managed to rake in an astounding one-million dollars. Like that ZR1, all proceeds will be given to charity, in this case, the American Heart Association, so anything over the car's list MSRP will be tax deductible, which is nice.
Regular production of Chevy's new pony car won't begin until a month after the auction takes place, so the Camaro on display in Scottsdale won't be the actual unit being bid on. We're still awaiting official details, like if the Camaro – lot number 1316 for those interested in bidding (go for it, it's for charity!) – is a base model (seems unlikely) or a fully loaded SS model, complete with a 422-hp small block V8. Of course, the big question is how much it'll bring, and we'll be sure to have that figure for you as soon as the gavel falls.
Gallery: 2010 Chevy Camaro SS
[Source: Barret-Jackson via Motor Trend]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Sea Urchin 10:29AM (12/17/2008)
What charity will money go to, the Wagoner Fund?
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Avinash machado 10:33AM (12/17/2008)
Can't you read?
"Like that ZR1, all proceeds will be given to charity, in this case, the American Heart Association, so anything over the car's list MSRP will be tax deductible, which is nice."
Too many GM haters nowadays.
happy_penguin 11:34AM (12/17/2008)
Don't mind this loser. A quick check of his comments will reveal that 99% of them are negative regardless of the subject matter. Obviously being a brainless sea urchin is a miserable existence. Perhaps the lack of light is responsible for the failure to impart intelligence and reason.
J C 2:10PM (12/17/2008)
Unemployed auto workers would have been a good one (charity).
Flashpoint 10:48AM (12/17/2008)
I just don't understand why chrysler and GM have picked now to be releasing coupe, musclecars.
Even Ford isn't that dumb.
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Bob 10:54AM (12/17/2008)
Please see 2010 Ford Mustang.
cped05 10:55AM (12/17/2008)
What is a Mustang?
tristan 10:58AM (12/17/2008)
i dont think we can compare the camaro to the mustang or challenger. the camaro is a modern car. the other 2 have prehistoric suspension and breaking. and i bet that the camaro will get exeptional mpg even with 422hp. think about it the v6 has over 300 hp.
i think i just opened a huge bag!
Jake 10:58AM (12/17/2008)
Perhaps he meant that the Camaro and Challenger were not shipping models prior to the new ones being released. The Mustang was a refresh and not a new model.
Or perhaps he never heard of the mustang. Beats me.
happy_penguin 11:37AM (12/17/2008)
Good Christ, Flashpoint. I really don't understand you. You'll make an intelligent comment then turn around and say something incredibly stupid like this. What the hell. Are you just addicted to typing and when you run out of things to say you have to continue anyway?
Frylock350 11:44AM (12/17/2008)
@Flash,
Challenger is the only car Chrysler sells that still selling for at or above MSRP. And its not like they randomly decided now was the time to release muscle cars. These cars have been in the works for years.
@tristan
Challenger's suspension and "breaks" are just as modern as Camaro's. Camaro's mileage is par for the course as well. Challenger's 425hp HEMI gets 15/22 with a 6sp manula. The 375hp HEMI gets 16/25 with a manual. Camaro's LS3 manual gets 15/23. That 300hp V6 is nothing. If you put a 300hp V6 Camaro against a 2002 300hp V8 Trans Am the 300hp V6 Camaro is going to get smoked. The 265hp LT1 would be capable of taking th e 3.6L DI in a drag race as well.
Anthony 3:39PM (12/17/2008)
Duh! The plans for these vehicles were made years ago. They didn't just start this year off by saying 'Hey, I think we should revive our muscle cars'.
asdffdsa 11:00AM (12/17/2008)
The Camaro is a nice car in person. I'm sure someone will pay top dollar.
I wonder how the collector car market will hold up in this recession. The muscle car market seems in a bit of a bubble of late.
Collector car bubbles in past decades have deflated mercilessly.
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BigMcLargeHuge 11:06AM (12/17/2008)
Paging Mr. Leno, you are needed on the auction floor.
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jimmy glick 1:16PM (12/17/2008)
Or perhaps Dave Ressler. He's the one who bought ZR1 #001 for $1 million. Jay owns the other #001.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/01/20/barrett-jackson-2008-2009-corvette-zr1-1-goes-for-a-cool-milli/
mkevin88 2:18PM (12/17/2008)
why are there 2 #0001's ? (honest question)
KeatMP 6:11PM (12/17/2008)
We've been through this.
Dave Ressler bought the very first production Corvette ZR1 with its own unique VIN number. Jay got the one after that.
jimmy glick 10:52PM (12/17/2008)
Regular production ZR1s start with VIN 800001
(Jay's car) Cyber Gray 1G1YR26R895800001
GM used a different 900000 VIN sequence for Dave Ressler's car.
LeMans Blue 1G1YR26R495900001
I guess you could say Ressler's car is technically 1 of 1.
JSams4131 11:08AM (12/17/2008)
yea really. I was happy when i saw the ZR1 proceeds go to charity...they even outbidded themselves just to raise the donation. I agree with that there are a lot of GM haters....but thank the guy who's going to buy it...not GM.
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speedzzter 11:09AM (12/17/2008)
The only real question is whether the consignor will be the bankruptcy trustee . . . .
(That was a joke. In Chapter 11, GM would be the debtor-in-possession until and unless the court appoints a trustee).
While the Camaro should be criticized for certain attributes (too large, too heavy, low-tech pushrod V8 instead of a more-efficient DOHC direct-injected,forced induction V8 with a full contingent of variable valve timing and manifolding systems, no high-performance electric hybrid option, initial price points too high, odd styling), GM should go forward in releasing it.
Why?
1. 90+ percent of the upfront costs have already been spent.
2. Demand -- one of the few GM cars that has a pent-up market demand (GM's built no new pony cars for half a decade).
3. Image -- the Camaro is one of the few GM cars that has any inherent brand loyalty and GM can ill-afford to alienate one of its core customer groups with "Camaro-us-interruptus".
4. Uniqueness -- None of the Japanese invaders build a RWD V8 in this price class (and GM has to sell a fair number of the GDI DOHC V6s to homologate the V8 under the draconian CAFE rules. Philosophically, what's the point of keeping GM around if it cannot offer some RWD V8 muscle anymore?
5. This is still the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and many still want torquey V8 power (Al Gore-istas, OBAMAcrats, bean counting MBA-types, and Rice Rocket Tunerboys simply lack the capacity to understand this last point)
Most all of these points are also applicable to Chrysler's Challenger.
It will be a sad world indeed when all that middle-class consumers are allowed to buy are tiny, government-specification FWD imports/invader microcars. Brash American-style pony cars like Mustang, Camaro and Challenger represent the last vestages of American automotive freedom.
http://speedzzter.blogspot.com
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