VIDEO: See and hear the 650 HP Corvette ZR1 in action
We've seen static spy shots of the upcoming Corvette ZR1 supercar before, but this is the first video we've seen of the car in action. While most of the video shows the 650 HP Corvette puttering along, we do get to hear the supercharged 6.2L LS9 V8 while cruising. The rumble emanating from the tail pipe is deep with lots of bass, so we can't to see and hear one blast off to 60 MPH in 3.4 seconds. Near the end of the video we do get one clip of the ZR1 accelerating onto a highway, which is the closest we get to a full on aural assault from the engine. Only a couple of months remain until we expect the production car to be unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show in January, at which time we'll learn exactly how much of the ZR1's body will be made of carbon fiber and whether reports of a plexiglass window in the hood are true.
Check out the video after the jump.
[Source: Fast Lane Daily]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Preston M 4:08PM (9/20/2007)
well, i'll just be the first to say..
fap fap fap fap fap FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP
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Dustin 4:20PM (9/20/2007)
How exactly is the 0-60 time known already?
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naggs 4:47PM (9/20/2007)
its not but the zo6 does it in like 3.7 so 150 more hp and some less weight and some more traction...
3.4 sounds a little conservative to me
doglet 4:58PM (9/20/2007)
car and driver took the z06 0-60 in 3.5
so yeah, 3.4 for the zr1 is a little conservative. id guess 3.1 or 3.2
olddavid 4:30PM (9/20/2007)
Too cool. I love smell of gasoline in the morning.
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PiCASSO 4:33PM (9/20/2007)
Love the sound of that V8...
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Justin 4:38PM (9/20/2007)
And I'll be the first to say it sounds incredible! The last few seconds of the video were worth the view. Nothing like an American V8.
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Mercedes and BMW 4:54PM (9/20/2007)
So performance of this Corvette is no worse than that of the Lamborghini Reverton, but what, at 1/10 of a price?
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Tom 4:57PM (9/20/2007)
Nice but still not worth it really. I mean they Supercharged the engine and added a few lightweight parts and they want to charge $100,000 for it. I never thought I'd say this but the Viper is actually cheaper. It may have 50 horses less but it's also $20,000 less. Besides that the Viper never really focused on 0-60 times but more of the 0-100 times. I'd like to see the ZR1's 0-100 times and compare them.
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Matt W 5:52PM (9/20/2007)
0-100 times are affected to a greater extent by aerodynamic drag than 0-60 times. Power, not torque, is the most effective indicator of a car's ability to overcome aerodynamic drag. Assuming that the Vette&Viper have similar coefficients of drag and frontal area (a pretty safe assumption would put the corvette's overall drag lower than the viper with its truck-like nose), the car with more horsepower, the Vette, should have a greater advantage accelerating while accelerating at higher speeds than the car with less, the Viper.
To put it more simply:
ZR-1 > Viper
Kenjo 9:12PM (9/20/2007)
Two errors in your information about the Viper. The price of the Viper in the latest test was nearly $93k, $7k less than the ZR1. Second, the Z06 is still a tick faster or even with the viper even with 505hp. The ZR1 will blow it away.
Vivek 12:16AM (9/21/2007)
Now where can you get a viper for 80K buddy, it's almost few grand from the new ZR1.
spdracerut 5:57PM (9/20/2007)
I want to see what the motor will put out with a smaller pulley on the blower to turn up the boost :)
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sw 9:43AM (9/21/2007)
Either explode or accelerate faster, you try it first.
John 6:15PM (9/20/2007)
i just cant wait!!!
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A5-14 9:02PM (9/20/2007)
As long as it's not another winding road hoax, I'll be happy.
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Bob-o 11:39PM (9/20/2007)
That's a lot of footage, from multiple angles. That's not something you can just get unless someone tipped you off. Or you're faking it (again).
MKIV 10:52PM (9/20/2007)
I may be wrong but a head and cam package in the Z06 should bring it's power to very near where this is at for a lot less $$. I don't think the weight difference is significant enough to justify the cost compare to the Z06. If anything the buyers of this car will shoot for the exclusivity rather than all out performance. Nice ride and it would be interesting to see a real lap time compared to the Z06 and the Viper.
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Lollerblades 12:43AM (9/21/2007)
Still a Corvette. Meh.
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Dustin 2:04AM (9/21/2007)
Glorious. The new vettes look muscular, versus the large and curvy of a few years back, which is nice.
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