This is the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and it’s a true American supercar. The C8 ZR1 has over 1,000 horsepower and can do over 230 miles per hour! Today I’m reviewing this Corvette ZR1 and I’ll show you the many quirks and features. With a potent twin turbocharged 5.5L V8 engine and edge-to-edge aerodynamics, ZR1 can attack any road both fast and strong.
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The LT7 engine produces 1,064 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 828 lb-ft of torque at 6,000 rpm, per SAE guidelines — the most power ever from a factory Corvette and the most powerful V8 ever produced in America from an auto manufacturer. Corvette ZR1 boasts a GM-estimated top speed of over 215 mph on the racetrack and will dispatch the quarter mile with a GM-estimated sub-10-second time1.
Purposeful carbon fiber aero package creates over 1,200 pounds of downforce at top speed. ZR1 revives one of the most iconic styles in Corvette history: the split rear window. The standard Corvette ZR1 chassis arrives with a sleeker body with lower drag and a small spoiler with customer-adjustable short and tall wickers.
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It also includes a standard carbon-fiber front splitter, rocker moldings, side intake with integrated brake cooling, and front underwing with stall gurney deflectors. Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires wrap 20-inch front, and 21-inch rear wheels. The standard chassis blends the best of on-road comfort and track capability with this setup. The Corvette ZR1’s cockpit dials up the attention to detail, notably with unique ZR1 badging found on an interior plaque, the sill plates and steering wheel. A new finishing stitch pattern for the doors, specific to ZR1, is available on the 3LZ trim.
