The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 lives as much as expectations by setting new efficiency benchmarks, together with the quickest-ever 0-60 mph time for a manufacturing Corvette.
The brand new ZR1 will attain 60 mph from a standstill in 2.3 seconds, and run the quarter mile in 9.6 seconds, each with the optionally available ZTK Efficiency Bundle, Chevy confirmed Thursday in a press launch. Chevy stated acceleration checks had been carried out with 93-octane gas on a non-prepped dragstrip, with the Michelin Pilot Cup 2R tires which might be a part of the ZTK bundle.
Along with these near-slick tires, the ZTK bundle features a large carbon-fiber rear wing, entrance dive planes, and a tall hood Gurney lip. These assist generate greater than 1,200 kilos of downforce on the ZR1’s 233-mph high pace, however with a drag penalty. The usual-aero automotive’s quarter-mile entice pace was 2 mph quicker than the ZTK-equipped automotive’s, at 152 mph.
2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Chevy additionally recorded a 2.5-second 0-60 mph time and 9.7-second quarter mile time for the usual ZR1. The 0-60 mph time is an identical to that of the Corvette E-Ray hybrid, and simply 0.1 faster than a Corvette Z06 with the Z07 bundle. That reveals simply how succesful the current-generation C8 Corvette is. Even the bottom Corvette Stingray manages 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds with the Z51 bundle. In fact, a number of the motive is the bounds of grip.
However not too long ago retired Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter has advised Motor Authority that the ZR1 has additionally put up seven-minute occasions on the Nürburgring with him on the wheel in visitors and utilizing a standing begin, implying quicker occasions are possible. Chevy has additionally famous that 4 ZR1s have exceeded 200 mph on the ‘Ring’s longest straight, however placing every little thing collectively for an official time will rely on monitor time and climate circumstances, amongst different components.
2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
Serving to the ZR1 obtain these feats is the brand new LT7 twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8, which produces 1,064 hp at 7,000 rpm and 828 lb-ft of torque at 6,000 rpm. The 8-speed computerized transmission from different Corvette fashions stays necessary, however it’s been modified for this software with wider gear profiles, stronger shafts, and improved lubrication.
The additional energy in comparison with the Z06’s 670-hp LT6 V-8, from which the LT7 is derived, counterbalances a weight improve of about 200 kilos. That offers the ZR1 a dry weight of three,670 kilos for the coupe and three,758 kilos for the convertible.
The 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is scheduled to succeed in dealerships subsequent 12 months.
