At $19,000, Is This 1997 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 30th Anniversary Edition Anything Worth Celebrating?

While Chevy has erstwhile again fixed up connected nan Camaro, today's Nice Price aliases No Dice Z28 shows that nan institution erstwhile thought highly capable of nan car to propulsion it a 30th Anniversary party. Let's spot if this low-mileage subsister is now priced to statement on.

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Such ambivalence was evident successful nan comments connected nan 2000 Lexus GS 300 Platinum we looked astatine yesterday. A one-owner car pinch humble miles and nan committedness of a well-kept attraction history, it simply couldn't muster overmuch enthusiasm complete its $8,000 asking price. Ultimately, successful Jan Brady fashion, it did negociate to eke retired a mediocre 51% Nice Price win.

Around nan aforesaid clip that Toyota was printing money done nan description of nan upscale Lexus brand, General Motors was contemplating what to do pinch its pony car pair, nan Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird. Both cars rode connected nan proprietary F-Body platform, which, not being shared crossed immoderate different higher-production model, meant that each driblet successful income numbers made nan cars vastly little profitable. In nan end, GM decided to nonstop nan ponies retired to pasture—at slightest for a while successful nan Camaro's case. Killing disconnected nan Firebird was overmuch easier arsenic GM eliminated nan full Pontiac section to hide nan crime.

Adding reproach to injury, nan original pony car, Ford's Mustang, soldiered connected pinch astir double nan income each twelvemonth arsenic nan Camaro and Firebird, combined. Some whitethorn see imitation to beryllium nan sincerest shape of flattery, but successful nan lawsuit of GM's pony car copycats, flattery yet sewage them nowhere.

Before GM gave up connected nan Camaro for nan second-to-last time, it threw nan car a 30th Anniversary party. Offered for nan 1997 exemplary twelvemonth successful ceremony of nan Camaro's 1967 debut, nan typical trim package comprised a unsocial colour strategy of achromatic overgarment accented by Hugger Orange stripes paired pinch 30th Anniversary embroidery connected each seat's backrest.

The day package could beryllium ordered connected a number of Camaro models, but for our purposes today, it's portion and parcel to this Camaro Z28 T-top automatic.

This Z28 has an exceptionally debased 31,000 miles connected nan ticker and comes pinch a cleanable title. It besides features nan mill 16-inch five-spoke alloys that were a caller preamble connected nan Z28 this exemplary year. Befitting its debased miles, nan car appears to beryllium successful awesome shape. The paint—which is simply a large constituent successful getting an day package car—looks clean, and those alloys look free of immoderate curb rash.

This being a Z28 intends it has nan 5.7-liter LT1 V8 nether nan hood. With sequential substance injection and Z28-unique square-tipped dual exhaust, nan mill was claimed to make 275 horsepower and 325 pound-feet of torque. A manual transmission was disposable successful this model, but for illustration most, this 1 comes pinch nan five-speed 4L60E automatic.

Despite that, nan seller claims this to beryllium a "Very fast" car. They besides boast that it "Runs and drives great," and that it comes pinch "Ice Cold Air Conditioning."

That each should make it beautiful fun, arsenic excessively should nan T-top tile and bucket seat-crazy cabin. There's leather upholstery connected nan seating surfaces, and if we tin level 1 gripe astir nan car's condition, it's that nan achromatic leather is showing its age. We tin besides kick astir nan unspeakable plastics successful nan cabin, but property has thing to do pinch that. It came from nan mill that way.

According to nan seller, this Z28's fantabulous information and debased miles make it a very uncommon car. To that end, they are asking $19,000 for nan title. That's conscionable astir 2 expansive little than what a guidelines V6 Camaro coupe costs caller backmost successful 1997. Of course, this is simply a high-end Z28 pinch T-tops and a batch of bells and whistles. If you look around, you'll besides statement that Chevy isn't making immoderate Camaros anymore, truthful saccharine information utilized ones for illustration this are nan only measurement to go.

What do you think? Should we spell pinch this 30th Anniversary version Z28 astatine that $19,000 asking price? Or should we cancel nan party?

You decide!

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