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14 Future Car Icons, Revving up Auction for Charity

How about owning the first retail release of future car icons, and knowing that you can help people by buying the first 2010 Chevy Camaro and the first 2010 Shelby GT500 during the Barrett-Jackson Auction to held in Arizona.

Twelve more cars will be auctioned to the best bidder to help certain foundations. The 14 car line up is its biggest in the history of the car auction.

The Camaro bears the stamped VIN 100001 and the winning bidder can choose if he wants a V6 or a V8 under the hood and decide if he will couple it with an automatic or manual transmission. The Camaro proceeds will benefit the American Heart Association

The GT500 with 540 horsepower is also set to sell fast among car lovers who can dole out some check to aid the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. The earning from the sale of the Ford F-150 Raptor will also be donated to the same foundation.

Prototypes of these cars will be displayed during the auction and the first to get off the assembly lines from the car maker’s plant will be going to the top bidder.

The three cars get the center stage but the rest of the line up are real head turners as well.

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