It’s been nearly six years since Chevy has graced us with a new ZR1 Corvette. The company released a brief teaser video of the C8-generation Corvette ZR1 in a new YouTube video—complete with a silhouette and exhaust note. According to the video, the new ZR1 is set to be revealed in full later this summer.
Chevy hasn’t confirmed specifics about the ZR1 yet—we’ll have to wait until closer to launch for that—but we already know the ZR1 will be a cut above the already impressive 670-hp Corvette Z06. We expect the ZR1 will use the same 5.5-liter V-8 engine as that car, but we think it could be tuned up to over 800 horsepower. All that extra power is likely to come courtesy of a pair of turbochargers.
The Z06 managed a 2.6-second rip to 60 mph in our testing, and the similarly powerful Corvette E-Ray hybrid managed a 2.5-second time.
The camouflaged prototypes were spotted testing last fall lapping the Nürburgring in Germany and sporting two different wing designs. One had the Z06’s already high-running rear wing, and the other wore an even taller one. The more aggressive version also featured a wider mainplane and larger endplates. It’s unclear if Chevy is planning to offer two aero packages—as it did with the previous ZR1—or if the automaker was simply testing multiple setups.
We estimate that the 2025 Corvette ZR1 will start around the $150,000 mark, and it’s likely the car will reach Chevy showrooms in early 2025.
