The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Is Here Early, And It Has 740bhp

The ZR1 Corvette can be seen in all its glory on the front cover of December's issue of Car and Driver
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Is Here Early, And It Has 740bhp

That’s an awfully big rear wing, isn’t it? We knew the C7 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 was packing some serious aero thanks to earlier testing footage, but now we can see an entirely undisguised example for the first time…wow.

We’re actually seeing it a little early thanks to an appearance on the front cover of Car and Driver’s December issue, well ahead of the LA Auto Show debut we were expecting. According to Corvette Blogger, it’ll actually be shown first in the metal in Dubai this Saturday, but due to the reveal in the magazine, most of the key details are already out there.

Under that bulged bonnet is an ‘LT5’ 6.2-litre supercharged V8, best thought of as an evolution of the Z06’s LT4. It’s a pushrod engine that puts out 740bhp and 680lb ft of torque - 100bhp and 30lb ft more than the Z06, although it does have an extra 60kg or so of car to propel.

0-60mph happens in under three seconds, a standing quarter-mile is dealt with in under 11 seconds, and it’ll top out at 210mph. Perhaps a more important stat is its lap time at Virginia International Raceway - it lapped the track 2.5 seconds faster than a Z06.

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There are several aero packages on offer, with the ‘ZTK’ kit seen on the magazine car generating 226kg of downforce (we’re not sure what speed that’s at yet, though). The rear wing is adjustable by 10 degrees.

It doesn’t have the trick Multimatic dampers used on the Camaro ZL1 1LE, and instead uses GM’s MagRide adaptive suspension system. Carbon ceramic brakes are fitted as standard.

More images and potentially more information should be with us at the weekend. We can’t wait to see more…

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Comments

UltimaSanctus

Chevy wants to go all out on the ZR1 and DOESN’T use the DSSV shocks? What!?

11/09/2017 - 08:02 |
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To heavy maybe

11/09/2017 - 09:10 |
1 | 10

In the magazine atricle it states that the ZR1 isnt supposed to an all out track weapon, but the best grand tourer that chevy can make. Also something about attainable performance for the average buyer. Bunch of BS imo, GT cars dont need extensive aero packages. My guess is that would completely nullify any reason to buy the 1LE if they had included them.

11/09/2017 - 20:16 |
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finn bawden

Do want.

11/09/2017 - 08:05 |
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11/09/2017 - 08:05 |
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Cars Of The Capital #savect

Big Wang gang

11/09/2017 - 08:08 |
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Tomislav Celić

Gimme gimme

11/09/2017 - 08:10 |
3 | 3
BünnyRöcket Entertainment

Another typo

11/09/2017 - 08:10 |
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Anonymous

Slowly turns into GM fanboy

11/09/2017 - 08:12 |
32 | 0
Nishant Dash

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Very very rapidly in fact

11/09/2017 - 11:21 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Cough cough

11/09/2017 - 13:04 |
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TheBigLoser

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I already am one

11/09/2017 - 14:05 |
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Pluvio

#RipViper once more?

11/09/2017 - 08:18 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Pluvio

We’ll see. I still prefer the last ACR though

11/10/2017 - 03:03 |
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ShadowHuayra (HemiPower)

I can’t stomach the wing, but the rest of the car….

11/09/2017 - 08:30 |
13 | 2

The wing is part of an optional aero kit. It doesn’t come as standard.

11/09/2017 - 16:29 |
1 | 0
SAVAGE DOGG (Ping-Pong Gang) (Corvette Squad)

Because owning a Le Mans car is lyfe

11/09/2017 - 08:43 |
2 | 1