The prices have not sky rocked to the point of unaffordable.
It's been that way for a long time. 1969 I lived in Burlington,Ia 40 miles from Fred Gibb. The ZL-1 were 7,800 dollars, then I couldn't afford one and 12-31-02 I was their for the new 2002 Camaro ZL-1 and I still can't afford one so nothing has changed.