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1990 Chevrolet Camaro

IROC-Z Convertible
$183.6M for Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale
Saturday, 21 January - Sunday, 29 January
$102,300
Sale Price
No
Reserve
26 January 2023
Sold Date
730
Lot Number
#2+
Original
Barrett-Jackson
Auction House
Chassis no. 1G1FP33F8LL130871. Bright Red with black cloth top over black and gray cloth. 350, automatic, Goodyear Eagle tires, power windows, cruise control, air conditioning.

Evaluation: Rare IROC convertible, one of just 1294 built for 1990, showing just 557 miles and carefully stored since new. Window sticker reads $23,477 (about $53,900 in today’s money).

Bottom Line: It’s hard not to compare this sale to Lot 705.1. It’s another low-mile, red Chevrolet from 1990, but it’s a Corvette ZR-1 with boatloads more performance plus more historical significance to the brand. And yet this IROC sold for twice as much. The soft top 1990 IROC is nearly four times as rare as the coupe and clean ones must be rare, but how much of the six-figure price tag that explain?

Nostalgia might explain the rest. Gen Xers across America lusted after the IROC in their teenage years, as it was an attainable dream car. This was an unusual opportunity to buy an essentially new one, and a few people who were probably graduating high school when this Camaro rolled out of the Van Nuys factory threw their wallets at it.

by Andrew Newton
10 February 2023

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