BerlinettaBS86

I'm trying to figure out the desirability of my camaro and possible value. I have a 1986 Berlinetta and from what I've researched they only made 4,400 that year. The car is also Black Sapphire (Dark Blue) with gold trim decals and gold rims. Car is 100% rust free. Mint interior (2 tone gray and black). Upon doing more research in 1986 they supposedly only painted 20% of all produced camaros that year in this color which would put mine at 700 or less ever made. Any insight is appreciated )

JonM

rarity is not a 1 to 1 with valuable. rarity can be because something was not popular so not a lot were made. or there were a lot made but most were destroyed. or something was made not a lot were made and something later on happened to make them popular. smokey and the bandit making transams popular in the 70's for example or dirty harry making the sw model 29 popular.

without good pics of your car inside outside engine etc folks really arent going to be able to help ya much

FormerL69

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See the sticky at the top of this section:

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Scorpner

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Desirability and value are two different things. Most guys are going to want an IROC or Z28. Even then many avoid Berlinettas because of the digital display (fear of its failure), electronic pods, and other factors (like it's reputation as a girls car). The day to day experience of owning one along with trying to purchase parts is often an uphill battle. Parts collectors will usually ask for a price 3-5 times higher or more for Berlinetta specific parts that often do not work or fail in short order. The pods often become difficult to use without repair and the radio is often a pain for the user. So an owner will often toss their radio in the garbage because of the swivel mount while prices for one on Ebay can be $300 for half of what you need with no guarantee of function.

That said, they are THE luxury version of the Camaro (with it's own VIN code) and features that were before it's time. KBB and insurance often maintains a higher value as well. If yours is original/low miles/excellent condition etc. and the market keeps going up it could turn out to be a good deal if a collector comes along some years down the road maybe wanting to add that final car. It's not the same as a purposely limited production 1LE built for racing which was oddly reported not to be popular either at the time (a few were hard to get rid of on the dealer lots supposedly). Those will increase in value (imo) more because of their history and purposely limited production.

So if you look up the classic KBB value and try to sell at that price you're going to have to find a special buyer willing to pay a premium for it. In reality it will be like some of the ads I've seen where you can tell the guy has hung on to it forever refusing to come down to a realistic price. There may be a few out there that used to own one back when they were new (wanting to bring back the good old days), but from the things mentioned above I'm not so sure that will be the case. My thought on the low production year was because they were using up leftover parts on a run that wasn't as popular as the performance version.

Post up some pics if you can.