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A 1970 Plymouth HEMI Superbird and a 1969 Chevrolet ZL1 Camaro both fought their way into the top ten at Barrett-Jackson’s record-breaking $207.6 million 2024 Scottsdale Auction. Fewer than 150 Superbirds were ever built with the HEMI, and the ZL1’s all-aluminum 427 came from Can-Am racing, not the street. Only one of them claimed the top spot. Watch the full countdown to see which one it was.
The Camaro was never supposed to last fifty years — it was a rushed response to the Mustang, built on borrowed time and a hastily developed platform. Instead it became one of the longest-running nameplates in American performance history, surviving a cancellation and multiple redesigns along the way. Here’s how a car built to catch up ended up outlasting most of its rivals.