What will be the most collectable/valuable 5th Gen Camaro?

[jrhagen]

The only one that will be collectible will be the COPO.

[Mongo RS]

Silver 2LT/RS with a manual trans will be the most sought after Camaro by people looking for V6 manual silver cars.

[joeybsyc]

Originally Posted by el ess A

How many 1984 Oldsmobile Cutlasses do you see running around? About as many as a new Camaro COPO. But there were pushing 250,000 (yes, it's true) 1984 Olds Cutlasses out the door in 1984. SO...even as a grocery getter, even with nearly a quarter million units built in 1 year, they die off. So there's a good possibility of the 5th gen being a rare sight in 20 years.

And out of that nearly quarter million Cutlasses in 84, Hurst converted 3,500 of those Calais models to Hurst/Oldses for 1984, with Hurst being one of the first Teir 1 conversion companies to "upfit" cars from the factory. Mainly a graphic package (mid-80s standard fare it seems), but did have some special pieces parts like gearing, different engine, and VIN change. I've got #19 of 3500.

Yeah but people just bought and drove their '84 Cutlasses and didn't sit around talking about how collectible they were going to be. There are a TON of people with 5th gen Camaros who never even drive them because they believe some day they're going to be as rare and valuable as the 1st gen car they had in 69. There will be lots of pristine examples in 20 years, which ironically will keep their collector value down.

I always think of the 1978 Corvette Pace Cars and how everyone bought those up and never drove them thinking they were going to be rare collectors items in 20 years. Well now it's been closer to 40 years and I bet there are still more pristine examples out there than worn out ones. I don't think they're even worth as much as they cost when new.

[Apex Motorsports]

COPO, Z28, and Synergy Green SS.

[Front Runner]

Non-street legal = COPO

Street legal = Z/28

[el ess A]

Originally Posted by joeybsyc

There will be lots of pristine examples in 20 years, which ironically will keep their collector value down.

In 1969, people drove their Camaros around not talking about how collectible they're going to be. My uncle had one out of Viet Nam and he and his buddies dented every corner of that car by the time he was done with it. I haven't and still don't talk about "future collectability", because cars are stupid investments unless they're already proven to be worthy (like 69 COPOs and 69 Z/28s are now, for example)

Regardless, you won't be seeing 5th gens everywhere like you do now. The ones that drive the wheels off, will be in the junkyard. The ones that were stashed, will pretty much stay stashed. But they will eventually get sold off once the realization sets in that they're not worth all that much. So likely fewer and fewer are going to be stored forever.

At any rate, in my experience, LOW-MILE, UNMOLESTED STOCKERS, the cleaner the better, seemingly bring the most $$ as compared to their well-used and/or modified counterparts. And a little bit more if there's a unique option or color. Not always, but mostly.

This is exactly why I was so amused (and still am) by the people that ran right out and was paying 5-10K MORE than MSRP to own the first handful of 2010 Camaros. Wonder how their 40-50K+ investment is holding up now?

Now, in real basic and general terms, on June 19, 2009, around the time when basically the Camaros started getting into people's hands in earnest, WalMart stock closed at $48.17 that day. Just taking an average $7,500 markup on a typical 2010 Camaro SS, if you took that money and bought ONLY WalMart stock, you would have 155 shares. Keep in mind, it's been around .45 per share dividends as well, so that's about $69 every 2 or three months, or around $1,587 in dividends. It closed this last Friday at $75.86. That's worth $11,758.30. With the dividends, assuming you took a check, that's a total of $13,345.30 ($12,123.66 in 2009 dollars accounting for inflation). That's a net plus of $5,835.30. That's ON TOP OF YOUR $7500 you would've lost on dealer markup!!

Of course, you take commission fees from that, but you get the idea that one blue chip stock investment could make you money at the same time the other guy is paying the dealership above MSRP. Now look at them. GM is PAYING to get them sold.

It's your money. Either buy the 1:1 scale model car and let it rot inside your garage, or buy your car to drive, show, and enjoy!

[6bangerBOOM]

Mine. It's gonna end up being mine. It's only got 60,000 miles on it but I'll sell it for $75k. By the time it hits 100,000 miles you can expect that value to triple. PM for offers.

[jrhagen]

Synergy Green is rare but that does equate to collectable.

[JimS3331]

the 2015 yenko edition...

[cb66]

Originally Posted by Midlifecysis

My list of rare ones are zl1, z28, hotwheels camaro and the synergy green ss camaros

I have to agree , also don't forget the Dusk edition as well

[BluePhoenix]

It's going to be the COPO #1, then Z/28, ZL1, and then 1LE. When you get into regular SS's it'll be all the special edition cars and if you want to break it down further Rally Yellow/Black for TF Bumblebee. Just my opinion on how I could see it play out over the years.

If you are talking colors it's not going to be enough value to make a difference. On 4th gens Sunset Orange was The rarest color and one of the best colors but they don't really command an added value except to people who are nuts about 4th gens.

[hyingbing]

The amount Gen5s made makes me think it will be a long long time before any of them will be a collectable.

[guerrillakilla13]

1LE..baby..

[Dfault]

Won't be a V6 and it won't be an SS ZL1. Maybe a 1LE but it won't be any pre 2014's. Why? Because there are too many. The refresh models only came out for 2 years so those would be the only ones if at all, and i would put my money on the COPO and Z/28