First Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE to be Auctioned for Charity

Keeping up with tradition, Chevrolet will auction off its first Camaro ZL1 1LE.

The American automaker has a history of auctioning the first production unit of various models and the Camaro ZL1 1LE will be next at Barrett-Jackson’s Palm Beach auction on April 7. The model was announced earlier this year in Daytona, sporting a familiar 650-horsepower supercharged V8 engine. But like the Camaro SS 1LE, the ZL1 1LE will only be available with a six-speed manual transmission.

On the exterior, the Camaro ZL1 1LE sports a much more aggressive style with a massive rear spoiler, larger front splitter and enlarged grille openings. It’s a track-focused package, as the 1LE nameplate suggests, and it comes standard with 19-inch wheels paired with Goodyear Eagle F1 Supercar 3R tires.

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All proceeds from the auction will go to benefit the United Way Charity and it’ll likely fetch a good amount. In 2011, the first production Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 sold for $250,000 at Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas with the winning bidder being none other than Rick Hendrick, who has passionately bought up plenty of Chevrolet’s first units at previous auctions.