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Sterling Heights<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Corvette has blown past the 1,000-horsepower marker.<\/p>\n

Chevy introduced its fastest, track-focused, 2025 ZR1 model Thursday with a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V-8 engine that makes a stratospheric 1,064 horsepower \u2014 the first \u2018Vette to hit quadruple digits. The number puts the mid-engine sportscar in elite, million-dollar-plus hypercar territory along with European rocket ships like the 1,063-horsepower Mercedes-AMG One and 1,160-horse Aston Martin Valkyrie. Yet the Corvette will cost a\u00a0tenth of these exotics at an estimated $150,000 when it goes on sale this fall.<\/p>\n

The staggering power number is the highest-rated V-8 made by any automaker. It raises expectations that the hybrid-electric, all-wheel-drive version of the eighth-generation (C8), mid-engine car \u2014 reportedly called the Corvette Zora,\u00a0may approach 1,500 horsepower \u2014 eye-watering territory occupied by exotics like the Bugatti Chiron Sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are looking to connect with Ferrari and Lamborghini customers with these performance numbers,\u201d said Harlan Charles, Corvette marketing manager. The ZR1 was introduced at an event in Miami, but The Detroit News got a preview of the car with its product team in Sterling Heights earlier this summer.<\/p>\n

Impressively, the ZR1 puts its 828 pound-feet of torque to the ground with same 8-speed transmission and 13.6-inch, rear-wheel-driven tire setup as the 670-horspower Z06, the fastest, normally-aspirated Corvette ever made. Strap twin turbos on the race-developed, screaming, 5.5-liter, overhead cam V-8 (internally referred to as the LT6) in the Z06, and Chevy engineers achieved hypercar power numbers with a redline of 8,000 RPM.<\/p>\n

While performance numbers have not been finalized, Chevy says the ZR1 has a top speed of in excess of 215 mph and will blow through the quarter mile in less than 10 seconds.<\/p>\n

You\u2019ll know the ZR1 by the deep air extractor in the front hood \u2014 similar to that found on the C8.R race car that competes in the global GT3 series. Like the C8.R \u2014 which won IMSA\u2019s stop at Virginia International Raceway last weekend \u2014 the hood scoop helps keep the nose on the ground when the ZR1 summons its stampede of horsepower.<\/p>\n

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The 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 with winged ZTK package to improve downforce for the 1,064-horsepower beast. Henry Payne, The Detroit News<\/em><\/div>\n
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Out back, the ZR1 features a split window \u2014 both an homage to the iconic 1963 Corvette and also to help feed more air to the beast amidships. Air inlets have been added to the top of the rear fenders as well. In keeping with ZR1 tradition, the badge\u2019s signature blue trim can be found on the LT7 engine intake.<\/p>\n