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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garth 11:09AM (12/17/2008)
the article forgot to say "First and last"...
I have the gut feeling the fed's are going to be telling GM to drop production of all vehicles like this or zippo 'bailout money'.
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Judy Zik 1:53PM (12/17/2008)
Camaro will be safe. They have invested all the money in it now. As long as it is selling which it looks like it will they will build it. Besides it will be built in Oshawa Ontario and the government here has already commited to a financial bailout. If they cancelled the Camaro they would lose that money. They are already in the process of closing Oshawa truck after getting government money which caused an uproar. I don't think they want to rock the boat this time.
Torrent 3:56PM (12/17/2008)
Not if 10,000 people already have pre-ordered the Camaro.
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.