GM debuts 2025 Corvette ZR1 with 1,064 horsepower and top speed of 215 mph
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The 2025 Corvette ZR1 coupe. Photo: Chevrolet
General Motors might be betting big on EVs, but it's also not holding back on old-fashioned, gas-fueled horsepower — at least if the new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is any indication.
Why it matters: The 2025 Corvette ZR1 boasts the most powerful 8-cylinder engine ever produced by an automaker, GM brags.
Driving the news: The company debuted the redesigned 'Vette ZR1 late Thursday, featuring a 5.5-liter, twin-turbocharged V8 engine generating an astonishing 1,064 horsepower.
- The company estimates that the ZR1's top speed is ... wait for it ... 215 miles per hour.
- The vehicle can go from 80 mph to 200 mph and back to 80 mph in 24.5 seconds, 22% faster than the previous ZR1.
State of play: The vehicle's downforce — which drives the wheels into the ground, giving it more traction and better handling at high speeds — is a 'Vette record 1,200+ pounds.
- Designers outfitted the new sports car with a split rear window, reviving a previously discontinued style for the Corvette.
- With a new intake system and a secondary port fuel injection setup, the engine will be hand-assembled at the GM factory in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
- It'll be available as a coupe or a convertible.
Fun fact: An optional ZTK performance package adds additional track-ready features, including a "high-downforce rear wing" and a stiffer suspension.
The big question: What will the starting price be?
- GM didn't say, but Car & Driver estimated $180,000.
What's next: Production begins in 2025.
