- Chevrolet will build as many 2025 ZR1s as the market demands, without production limits.
- GM thinks the high-performance halo will boost Stingray, E-Ray, and Z06 sales.
- Chevy’s decision to go turbo offers better efficiency and tighter packaging for the ZR1.
The 2025 Corvette ZR1 is an American hypercar and there’s little doubt it will be in high demand. Thankfully, Chevrolet won’t be limiting production.
At a preview event last month, Chevrolet officials said the ZR1 will have small volumes but an outsized impact. As they explained, the new performance halo helps to keep the Corvette relevant, and the added attention should boost Stingray, E-Ray, and Z06 sales.
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The company wouldn’t confirm numbers, but officials told us they won’t limit production. Quite the opposite as they’ll ‘build as many as the market will take.’
This is a big change from the C7 ZR1, which had a short production run that ended with people still on the waiting list. Less than 3,000 units were made and Chevrolet’s team noted that has kept resale values high.
Bye Bye Supercharger
The C7 Corvette ZR1 had a supercharged 6.2-liter V8 with 755 hp (563 kW / 765 PS) and 715 lb-ft (968 Nm) of torque. Those numbers are still pretty impressive today, but they pale in comparison to the rear-wheel drive C8’s twin-turbo 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8 that develops 1,064 hp (793 kW / 1,079 PS) and 828 lb-ft (1,121 Nm) of torque.
Corvette Executive Chief Engineer Tadge Juechter noted this is the first turbocharged ZR1 and said the change provides a number of benefits. This includes tighter packaging as well as “greater efficiency for increased power.”
Speaking of the turbos, their fans rotate at “1.7 times the speed of sound, consuming an Olympic swimming pool’s volume of air in four minutes.”
