[Bumbleboy92]

Originally Posted by ddivinia

Should make a sticky of the garage 56 VIN, dealer info, etc.

D.

https://www.camaro6.com/forums/showthread.php?t=619436

Originally Posted by Big Swole

Garage 56 just sold on BAT for $260,000.00

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...amaro-coupe-4/

The buyer:

[pwj155]

this was car #1, but still crazy money!

[Big Swole]

Yup the guy sounds genuinely happy to have paid that and I hope he enjoy's it.

He must be a true "collector" so I'm sure he has the money to speculate like that for the future values.

[mlee]

Originally Posted by Big Swole

I would lend towards this too... Hard to believe any dealer let that slip by without knowing what they were doing...

Myself and a couple others tried hard to get one even close to MSRP and contacted many dealers early on. Gave up that search well over a month ago and most were taking bids it was going so high. I'm going to say that didn't happen unless you're way more than just a friend to the dealer.

[GreenZLE]

They bumped their head.

[Vigilante375]

Originally Posted by mlee

Myself and a couple others tried hard to get one even close to MSRP and contacted many dealers early on. Gave up that search well over a month ago and most were taking bids it was going so high. I'm going to say that didn't happen unless you're way more than just a friend to the dealer.

Try the one I mentioned. O'Reilly Chevrolet in Arizona thru said it's on the lot and ready to go but haven't told me if the price online is the price they are selling it for.

[DevilsReject97]

A fool and their money soon part.....

But this is also why GM is complete fools... they would have made BANK offering an LT5 ZL1.... or even a Z06 powered ZL1 1LE..... even a 1 year run, it would have made massive amounts of money

But yeah, let's worry about stickers and wheels....and a few select badges/wings..



For the record, I like how it looks and had it been something more normally priced, I'd have bought one.... because it looked worth the price.... just not 100K+ worth it

[L2SS455]

Well, This collector Edition #22 went for $236,500.00 the week before at BJ.
https://www.barrett-jackson.com/Even...ARO-ZL1-272570

[Vigilante375]

Originally Posted by DevilsReject97

A fool and their money soon part.....

But this is also why GM is complete fools... they would have made BANK offering an LT5 ZL1.... or even a Z06 powered ZL1 1LE..... even a 1 year run, it would have made massive amounts of money

But yeah, let's worry about stickers and wheels....and a few select badges/wings..



For the record, I like how it looks and had it been something more normally priced, I'd have bought one.... because it looked worth the price.... just not 100K+ worth it

Are you talking about a C8 Z06 engine in the ZL1 1LE? They would never do that because that would mean they would need to redesign the Camaro to make the engine fit and redesign the engine itself to fit onto the transmission. The LT5 would have been better send off for the ZL1.

It'll take a lot more time than you think. Redesigning all that, making it fit, testing it, fixing things, testing more, making sure it works reliabily, etc, etc.

[DevilsReject97]

Originally Posted by Vigilante375

Are you talking about a C8 Z06 engine in the ZL1 1LE? They would never do that because that would mean they would need to redesign the Camaro to make the engine fit and redesign the engine itself to fit onto the transmission. The LT5 would have been better send off for the ZL1.

It'll take a lot more time than you think. Redesigning all that, making it fit, testing it, fixing things, testing more, making sure it works reliabily, etc, etc.

The Z06 motor wont work in the ZL1 1LE, but GM had time that it could have devoted to try and make it work. My whole entire point was that there were far superior ways to make a LOT more money than simply stickers/rims/wing packages....

Yes, the LT5 would have made entirely perfect sense for the ZL1 since all it would have needed is a slightly bigger scoop on the hood to make it work. Wouldn't have really changed anything else about the Camaro otherwise.

A pulley upgrade option for the ZL1 from factory would have also made more sense...a number of basic swaps to allow for more HP would have made entirely TOO much sense...

And all of those would have generated a boat load of money for Chevy as a whole. I don't even need other fans of Chevy to agree with me, as I watched it all happen with the Hellcat cars (as I owned one). Not to mention, Dodge has factory warranty HP upgrades for the Hellcat/Redeye cars...

Lots and lots of money to be made and people simply too stupid to capitalize (Chevy).

[mlee]

Originally Posted by DevilsReject97

The Z06 motor wont work in the ZL1 1LE, but GM had time that it could have devoted to try and make it work. My whole entire point was that there were far superior ways to make a LOT more money than simply stickers/rims/wing packages....

Yes, the LT5 would have made entirely perfect sense for the ZL1 since all it would have needed is a slightly bigger scoop on the hood to make it work. Wouldn't have really changed anything else about the Camaro otherwise.

A pulley upgrade option for the ZL1 from factory would have also made more sense...a number of basic swaps to allow for more HP would have made entirely TOO much sense...

And all of those would have generated a boat load of money for Chevy as a whole. I don't even need other fans of Chevy to agree with me, as I watched it all happen with the Hellcat cars (as I owned one). Not to mention, Dodge has factory warranty HP upgrades for the Hellcat/Redeye cars...

Lots and lots of money to be made and people simply too stupid to capitalize (Chevy).

Your "whole entire point" as you say was moot 5 years ago when they disbanded the Camaro team. Performance upgrades were never going to happen after that point because there was no one left to make it happen. Everyone knew Camaro was going away no matter what the clickbait said.

Would 56 cars with a little more HP really make a difference anyway. We would be having a whole different discussion then. My only rub on this car is they should have left the DSSV and 19" wheels on it.

[DevilsReject97]

Originally Posted by mlee

Your "whole entire point" as you say was moot 5 years ago when they disbanded the Camaro team. Performance upgrades were never going to happen after that point because there was no one left to make it happen. Everyone knew Camaro was going away no matter what the clickbait said.

I actually think the writing was on the wall even before the Camaro team was disbanded. But yes, you are correct for the most part, as without those driving forces, there was no incentive to do it. Could some bigwig made an executive decision to do something? Absolutely... but this is why I say they really dropped the ball overall.

Originally Posted by mlee

Would 56 cars with a little more HP really make a difference anyway. We would be having a whole different discussion then. My only rub on this car is they should have left the DSSV and 19" wheels on it.

I would agree with the DSSV and 19" wheels, would have made it far more collectible. I'd even throw in that yes, a ZL1 with a factory 710-720 hp would have potentially drummed up more interest, same with the Panther cars....would it have fixed sales? No... but eeking out a few extra bucks for little effort on their part would have worked.

[KingLT1]

Us poor's tend to have a hard time rationalizing that the folks who buy these types of cars would know no difference between spending 80k or 300k on essentially the same car. It's simply pocket change for them.

[GreenZLE]

Originally Posted by KingLT1

Us poor's tend to have a hard time rationalizing that the folks who buy these types of cars would know no difference between spending 80k or 300k on essentially the same car. It's simply pocket change for them.

Pretty much this! ^^^