Why the 5th Generation Camaro will not be a collectable car

[2SS 2011]

It's sad..With the age we live in today.. Superstar people buying 1st of everything.. No real customization of cars or tons of choices to choose from when building your car.. I mean the major difference is either you have the sunroof or not.. Everything is mass produced today.. Back in the day.. They made these cars with the abilty to choose a multitude of diff options from the factory when you order.. Making some cars more desireable than others because each one was different etc.. I love watching the Auto auctions like Mecum etc.. and the various shows on Velocity like What's my car Worth.. Everytime i see one of these cars, it's amazing to me how they can sort of look the same but be entirely different.. like this one came with a less desireable 283 or something or just many diff added options..

I'm just Venting because I love our Camaro's but they have made like 300K plus of these cars since 2010. It wont be worth anything to anyone except myself which is most important. It's just still something to think about

[menendez1293]

Well look how many mustangs ford made its first couple years and they are still desirable and are worth something.

[PeeBee]

Move to EU... I haven't seen much Camaros around here

[Drew10]

I agree with the op. However, to go into it further, I can see maybe someday a special optioned car or ABM possibly being worth more some day than the regular mass produced cars. Not a whole lot more money, just a little more. I hope nobody walked onto a car lot and picked up a 5th gen with the hopes that it will be worth double or tripple it's price in the near future. These cars will just be used cars for the next 20 plus years. Either way I love mine for the enjoyment I get from driving it, not for what it could be worth 40 years from now.

[Kmorpheus]

Well my 2010 is one of 2400 Synergy Special Editions, I have one of the 502 that were equipped with a manual transmission. But I know these things wont mean a thing to me for resale value or collectivity. There are some Transformer Editions that were created in fewer numbers yet. There are subtle variations in these cars but very few.

[DRKS1D3]

On the flip side, if GM would have made limited amounts of these, people would be bitching about not being able to get one and the MSRP being through the roof!!! Just enjoy the car for the fun factor. If you want a collector, go exotic or nostalgic muscle.

[blazzin1]

According to the Camaro-Registry website, 1967-1969 production number totaled 699,138!!! And they had coupes, convertibles, SS, RS, Z/28, and pace cars. Sounds like all we're missing is the Z/28!!! I see no reason why these 5th Gens wouldn't be collectable in the future.....but it's going to take many years just like the first gens....20, 30, 40 years!!!

[amz]

As with most older cars , condition is VERY important.

Most body shops won't just paint a car today,it must be a collision/insurance event for them to paint it.

Price a good paint job , with very little body work,it is very expensive.

My point is , keep that paint clean, and the 'value curve' will still be here for us.

[DS1937]

I think basically that you are correct since keeping production cost down is key and option "packages" are the norm and have been for some time. I do think that a low mileage all original 1SS or 2SS/RS Manual car may hold its value more than a modified one since most people do some modifying of one kind or another making the "bone" stock model more rare.

[AZCamaroFan]

Originally Posted by 2SS 2011

I'm just Venting because I love our Camaro's but they have made like 300K plus of these cars since 2010. It wont be worth anything to anyone except myself which is most important. It's just still something to think about

they made over 660,000 1st gen Camaros in three years.


the only reason it wont' be worth anything is the baby boomers are the current buyers of old muscle cars and they'll die off , and they only care about the 60s anyway.

[heRS]

Who ever thought the packaging my toys came in as a child - sure not me! You find an old "Red Ryder" bb gun with the box now, it's worth 50k.
My grandaddy had a big old ugly Biscayne but it was top o the line. My mom sold it for $200. when grandaddy died. Who would have ever thought it would be worth anything? It was pristine. Yah, worth 50, 60k now.
You have no idea how things will fall out 40 years from now. My advice - if you can buy one of these 1 LEs, buy it and store it for your retirement.

[SGOS252382]

Originally Posted by blazzin1

According to the Camaro-Registry website, 1967-1969 production number totaled 699,138!!! And they had coupes, convertibles, SS, RS, Z/28, and pace cars. Sounds like all we're missing is the Z/28!!! I see no reason why these 5th Gens wouldn't be collectable in the future.....but it's going to take many years just like the first gens....20, 30, 40 years!!!

But you're comparing the 5th gen with the original muscle cars.

How collectable is a 94 Camaro? Its almost 20 years old. Its not collectable at all. Its not considered one of the original muscle cars.
How collectable is an 84 Camaro? Its almost 30 years old. Try selling an 84 Camaro and see what people are willing to pay for it.

The original muscle cars (Mustang, Camaro, etc) were the originals. All cars that come after these will never be in the same league (as far as collectability).
And not all old Camaros are worth much. You can find late 60s Camaros for cheap (models produced in high numbers).

[AZCamaroFan]

the thing that's really idiotic is when you see some custom like a Clone of the car from Gone in Sixty Seconds go for $150,000.
it's just a regular mustang souped up people
I can see collectibility when a car is still awesome by today's standards, but vitrually all those cars going for 50K-on up would get their doors blown off by Today's muscle cars. Not to mention what would happen on a track.
Hell some of them would probably get embarassed trying to keep up with an IROC-Z on a track.

[meissen]

Just being too narrow minded is all. 2nd gens are coming up in price. 3rd gens have hit rock bottom and in the next decade will start slowly going back up in price. 4th gens won't hit rock buttom for awhile and won't be collectible until 2040.