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 non-compulsory ZTK Efficiency Package deal, Chevy confirmed Thursday in a press launch. Chevy mentioned acceleration exams have been carried out with 93-octane gasoline on a non-prepped dragstrip, with the Michelin Pilot Cup 2R tires which are a part of the ZTK package deal.
Along with these near-slick tires, the ZTK package deal features a huge 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 prime pace, however with a drag penalty. The usual-aero automobile’s quarter-mile lure pace was 2 mph sooner than the ZTK-equipped automobile’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 equivalent to that of the Corvette E-Ray hybrid, and simply 0.1 faster than a Corvette Z06 with the Z07 package deal. 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 package deal. In fact, among the motive is the boundaries of grip.
However lately retired Corvette Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter has informed Motor Authority that the ZR1 has additionally put up seven-minute occasions on the Nürburgring with him on the wheel in site visitors and utilizing a standing begin, implying sooner occasions are possible. Chevy has additionally famous that 4 ZR1s have exceeded 200 mph on the ‘Ring’s longest straight, however placing all the pieces collectively for an official time will rely on monitor time and climate situations, 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 automated transmission from different Corvette fashions stays obligatory, however it’s been modified for this utility 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 enhance 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 yr.
