On a nice autumn day, some people go play golf. Others toss the pigskin around. Garage 419 shares our idea of a perfect fall day, though: Corvette Flogging. Not just any Corvette, either, but Garage 419's camera wonks were treated to plenty of neck-snapping fly-bys from the new Corvette ZR1. What more do we need to say? It looks great, it sounds great, it goes fast. There's a couple of interviews at the end of the clip that make you want the car even more by noting that there's only going to be about 2,500 made and with the General's crack suspension team on the job, the car won't pound you into renal failure. Maybe we should start playing the ten dollar scratch tickets in hopes of a bigger payout.
video posted after the jump
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
bocho23 @ Jan 12th 2008 3:16PM
1:26 into the video is were is at!
I can't wait to see this thing on the street.
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jan 12th 2008 3:16PM
Good for milk runs, eh?
On the first lap around I was bummed they didn't seem to be pushing the handling much. They corrected this in the 2nd run.
Looks amazing.
Note the one they have on the track doesn't have a hood window...
TexRob @ Jan 12th 2008 3:21PM
The blue definitely does it for me better than the yellow. That said, it looks great, and that supercharger sounds great as it blasts by. Hard to get a good feeling of the speed, but it does seem to accelerate between turns like a madman.
Stuka @ Jan 12th 2008 3:24PM
I kind of wish the exhaust was a little louder, but you sure can hear the SC. Certainly a nice car. I wonder how much over sticker they will end up selling for.
Carlos @ Jan 12th 2008 3:58PM
I'm actually surprised at how quiet the super charger is, just a very quiet high pitched wine and thats all. The exhaust could be louder though, I was hoping this thing to roar not grr. Also the Velocity yellow is over played, I love that blue and gray they debuted the car with.
Anthony @ Jan 12th 2008 4:00PM
Slap on a nice Corsa exhaust & this thing will sound sick.
Forgetaboutit! The dealers are going to want 25-30k over the sticker. I own a Z51 & I love it but let's say the ZR1 costs in the neighborhood of $115-$120k.That's a lot of cheese esp. for a Vette. I would rather bite the bullet and spend a little more money & get a Porsche 911 Turbo.
Eddy Alvarez @ Jan 12th 2008 4:49PM
lol you are comparing the ZR1 to a 911 Turbo?? compare the turbo to a z06, fine.. but a ZR1??? to a ZR1 you compare a 599GTB or something. I drive an C6 z51 too.. and let me tell you; torque is one of the many things that convinces me that a ZR1 will be an intense value.
naggs @ Jan 12th 2008 5:07PM
performance wise, 911 turbo is closer to the z51 vette than the zo6
Thetruck454 @ Jan 12th 2008 5:49PM
closer to a z51... you have got to be kidding me. The z06 and 911 turbo are different cars, but they are much more comparable than the z51 and the 911 turbo
Corey @ Jan 12th 2008 4:10PM
Beautiful.
CentralParkWest99 @ Jan 12th 2008 4:56PM
Yawn x10
and a rip off for GM plastic and archaic technology.
Derek @ Jan 12th 2008 6:11PM
Heeey, congrats! First troll post! Jealous that the "archaic technology" is competing with cars twice its price?
Which technology is archaic though?
Twin screw supercharger that is one of the most recent developments in forced induction?
Magnetic-Rhreological shocks that GM also licensed to Ferrari?
OHV valvetrain which is roughly 50 years newer than the OHC valvetrain used in many cars?
Carbon Ceramic rotors that are larger than those on the Ferrari Enzo?
Carbon fiber bodywork?
Dry sump oiling?
I can't wait to see the performance numbers this car lays down...
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jan 12th 2008 7:00PM
Twin screw refers to a Lysohlm type supercharger. These actually compress the air as it passes through. This is a Roots-type supercharger, it doesn't internally compress air at all, it just pushes it through faster than it would otherwise come through. This has the effect of causing the air to "pile up" in the cylinders, which does compress it getting that supercharger boost.
Don't forget it has a heads-up display, well at least the Z06 does, I'm sure this does too.
Anthony @ Jan 12th 2008 5:58PM
I don't see how what I said was funny. For that matter I'd take a Porsche GT2 over the ZR1. Porsche claims a 3.7 sec 0-6 time. You're kidding yourself if you think the ZR1 will be much faster than that. If it is by like what 1 or 2 tenths of a second. Top seed and track #'s are great but................I'm never going to take the car to the track & I don't beat on my cars and I'll bet that 97% of people don't either. The ZR1's claimed top speed of 215mph is amazing....incrediable!
What I simply said was........It the price was around the same........I'd take the Porsche & if the ZR1 was faster then an F430 or a 599 I'd still choose the Ferrari. What are you gonna do.....that's just my opinion. If you'd take the ZR1, good luck...enjoy.
Andrew Tanasescu @ Jan 12th 2008 6:43PM
In the post im replying to, you compared a Gt2 to a Zr1, then a Turbo to a Zr1. which one is it?
Anyways, What I understand from your post is that you really dont care how a car performs or handles, but just how it looks or what other people think about it. Also that you want the porsche cause its 0-60's rather than its track abilities which I think is also absurd. There are plenty of other cars you can have that can go quicker for cheaper.
I think you need to stop hating on such an amazing car. As a die hard porsche fan, i accept that this thing is a monster. All the engines that they put in C6,Z06, and ZR1 are pretty amazing. take a look at what an achievement this car is rather then making dumb comments.
Anthony @ Jan 12th 2008 6:07PM
What I ment to say was the turbo does 0-60 in 3.7 sec.
To me, the way I drive 0-60 times are more important than track times or g-force.
Blake @ Jan 12th 2008 6:36PM
The z06 already matches the turbo's 0-60 and i'm sure the ZR1 will be like 3.3 - 3.4...It's hard to get much faster. I don't know what you're complaining about
Michael @ Jan 12th 2008 6:47PM
Hell of a nice way to spend the day .
CentralParkWest99 @ Jan 12th 2008 6:49PM
There is one thing that all other High performance cars do in todays times that the vette can or will ever achieve is performing spectacularly and at the same time with class.
The vettei still screams poor trailer trash with big HP and fancy off the shelf carbon fiber add-ons.
It's like a honda civic with mods in my book.
Take a page out of Mercedes Mclaren SLR , bruit force power with luxury,style, and class.
Cheers
why not the LS2LS7? @ Jan 12th 2008 7:02PM
I'll trade an SLR for one of these, even up.
The SLR has ridiculous styling, is rather heavy and is an automatic. No thanks.