A lot of people don’t care about Camaros. The Charger and Mustang have been following the Chevy power car for a long time, making it hard to get away. Some bold sellers of one of the last special-edition Camaros ever made found out the hard way that prices for classics and limited editions tend to reflect how unfair things really are. What a great machine the Camaro Garage 56 is. It is a better version of the ZL1 and comes with a strong LT4 V-8 engine with 650 hp and 650 lb-ft of torque, new aerodynamics, a limited-edition Riptide Blue paint job, and many emblems. As the name suggests, only 56 were built. It wasn’t surprising that the Camaro sold for $260,000 at the Bring a Trailer auction in January since it’s no longer being made. The special version isn’t the most creative, either. But it looks like no one has bought one since then. This week, a bid of $162,000 was made on one, but it was less than the site’s reserve price. After another one failed to sell at Mecum Auctions in March, Barrett-Jackson is now promoting an upcoming auction for one with no reserve price. Just reading a few of the comments on those bids will show you why. People on Bring a Trailer asked what the Garage 56 Edition was worth compared to a regular Camaro ZL1. One person said it was “just stickers and wheels.” Someone else said, “Those stickers cost a lot of money.” But it looked like there was more to the story. Since this year’s Camaro wasn’t made, it looks like sellers are counting on nostalgia to boost sales. One seller turned down a $162,000 offer, so it’s possible that they needed to understand how important the Camaro was to buyers and set the price too high out of memories. Many people didn’t want to buy the Garage 56 because it was just another Camaro. “End of an era? An observer used the phrase ” as the final word in their writing. What period? People look down on the noble Camaro, even though it is dying on the market.
