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The records keep on coming.<\/p>\n

Corvette\u2019s rear-wheel-drive ZR1 supercar continues to set the bar for fastest Corvette ever. It’s equipped with the highest horsepower (1,064) and highest top speed (233 mph) ever recorded by a production \u2018Vette, and now Chevrolet has revealed its jaw-dropping acceleration numbers.<\/p>\n

Sixty mph goes by in just 2.3 seconds, on par with expensive exotics like the Porsche 918 Spyder and Aston Martin Valkyrie. Its quarter-mile time? Just 9.6 seconds, putting it in rare, sub-10 second dragster category. Credit the eighth-generation Corvette C8\u2019s mid-engine layout \u2014 a first for \u2018Vette \u2014 which gives better traction to the rear wheels. When it was introduced in 2020, the standard C8 dropped an incredible, sub-three second 0-60 time (2.9 seconds) with its 495-horsepower, 6.2-liter V-8 engine.<\/p>\n

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The 2025 CorvetteZR1 reaches 60 mph in a breathtaking 2.3 seconds, rivaling much more expensive, exotic supercars. Richard Prince, Chevrolet<\/em><\/p>\n
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Performance models of the C8 have followed with the RWD, normally-aspirated, 5.5-liter, 670-horsepower Z06 putting up a 2.6-second 0-60 mph time. With an electric motor driving the front wheels, the all-wheel-drive Corvette E-Ray went even quicker at 2.5 seconds.<\/p>\n

To achieve its new benchmark, the ZR1 strapped twin-turbochargers on the back of the Z06\u2019s high-revving DOHC V-8. The Z06 engine is the most powerful, normally-aspirated V-8 engine on the market, and the ZR1 mill is the most powerful American-made V-8 engine produced, period.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 2025 Corvette ZR1 yet again exceeded our expectations,\u201d said Corvette Chief Engineer Josh Holder. \u201cCombined with a top speed record of 233 mph \u2014 which is unrivaled by any current production car priced under $1 million \u2014 the Corvette ZR1 delivers on its mission to provide customers unrelenting power.\u201d<\/p>\n