gm seems pretty snake bitten at the nordschleiffe. i don't think they've set an official time since c6 because they always seem to have weather issues

5/29/2025 12:36:35 AM

C&D does 60 mph in a ZR-1 in 2.2 sec, which is the fastest time they have ever done in a RWD car.

2.2 in a RWD car is super impressive. It's a few to several 1/10s of a second quicker than RWD Koeniggseggs costing several millions of dollars.

6/7/2025 6:03:26 AM

2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X: "America's Hypercar" (per GM)

America's first series production hypercar. Limited production hypercars include the Hennessey Venom F5, SSC Tuatara, and the Czinger 21C.

1,250 horsepower
973 lb-ft
AWD with a front axle motor

0-60 mph in < 2 sec
1/4 mile in < 9 sec

1.3 g (linear) when accelerating
1.9 g (linear) when decelerating

Essentially it's the ZR1's engine (with identical power and torque) augmented by a front axle motor and a trick AWD system.

I have a feeling this will demolish the AMG One's Nurburgring record, or come very close to it.

Here are it's competitors, in terms of performance:

Ferrari F80: $3.9 million
McLaren W1: $2.1 million
Aston Valkyrie: $3.5 million
Mercedes AMG One: $2.7 million

Pricing not released yet, but considering the ZR1 starts at $180k, I would guess this should come in at around $250k.

You can read about the wizardry of the front motor and the AWD system here, plus see pics:

https://www.hotcars.com/2026-chevy-corvette-zr1x-1250-hp-american-god
https://www.motor1.com/news/762876/chevy-corvette-zr1x-horsepower-price-details


"The ZR1X can maintain an unholy 1.3 g’s of longitudinal acceleration throughout first and second gears, and nearly through third gear."


[Edited on June 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM. Reason : Performance close to Rimac Nevera's!]

6/18/2025 10:15:38 PM

I don't understand why they didn't call it the Zora, as everyone has expected for, like, at least a decade.

6/20/2025 11:28:13 PM

Naming aside, is this good for you? Seems nice as fuck to me

6/22/2025 12:29:17 AM

the zr1 and zr1x don't make a lot of sense to me as track cars. they burn 2 GALLONS per min of gas at WOT. on a track like road atlanta, cota, or road america, you don't have enough gas in the tank to make it through a 20min track session. that's not enough for any race series. seems like a great time attack car but really annoying as a track day car and not at all a race car. nevermind these cars have the same size/compound tire as the z06 which will toast a set of tires in a day, while doubling the power and adding 400lbs. i wish you could get the zr1 brakes on the z06. cool party trick street car i guess?

6/25/2025 5:09:07 PM

^ well that sucks!

First ZR1 dyno test:

https://www.motor1.com/news/763824/chevrolet-corvette-zr1-dyno-video-results/

Official numbers (at the crank):
1,064 hp
828 lb-ft

Dyno (at the wheel):
1,028 hp
839 lb-ft

Reality (at the crank):
~1,180 hp
~920 lb-ft

That's assuming about a 10% loss, so the actual values could be even higher than the above estimates.

6/26/2025 12:11:53 AM