2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1
The King of the Hill has returned — this time dressed as a world-challenging American supercar. GM pulled out all the stops with the 2025 Corvette ZR1, named after Zora Arkus-Duntov, the engineer who kept the Corvette from the personal luxury fate of the rival Ford Thunderbird. Behind the driver is the LT7, a 5.5-liter, twin-turbocharged, DOHC flat-plane V8 making 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb-ft of torque, encased underneath a split rear window last seen in 1963. That makes the ZR1 the most powerful Corvette ever from the factory, and it just edges the Dodge Demon 170 off the top spot as the most powerful American production V8. The ZR1 will come in two flavors: A restrained standard version and the all-out ZTK package. The ZTK package adds serious aero in the form of a carbon fiber rear wing, dive planes, a Gurney lip on the hood, with track-tuned suspension. Carbon ceramic brakes provide stopping power, mounted behind 20-inch front and 21-inch rear wheels. The 2025 ZR1 will begin production next year at the Corvette's manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, Kentucky.
