Hot Lap Video: Can the Corvette ZR1X Hang With a Multi-Million Dollar Hypercar? We Found Out.
Key takeaways
- A wild Chevy-versus-hypercar track fight shows just how serious the new ZR1X really is.
- Chevrolet showed up to our State of American Performance track test with its biggest hammer: the Corvette ZR1X with all the go-fast trimmings.
- In addition to the ZR1’s 5.5-liter twin-turbo V-8 that’s good for 1,064 hp on just the rear wheels, the front wheels are powered by a single front motor bringing total system output to 1,250 hp.
Why this matters: an automotive development that could shape industry direction or buying decisions.
A wild Chevy-versus-hypercar track fight shows just how serious the new ZR1X really is.
Chevrolet showed up to our State of American Performance track test with its biggest hammer: the Corvette ZR1X with all the go-fast trimmings. That means the full name is something like ZR1X 3LZ ZTK Carbon Fiber Aero package. What all that gobbledygook gets you is the most powerful car General Motors has ever sold to the public, complete with a track-tuned suspension setup and a Halloween costume’s worth of stuck-on carbon aero bits, all topped off with a gigantic wing.
But the powertrain is the real story. In addition to the ZR1’s 5.5-liter twin-turbo V-8 that’s good for 1,064 hp on just the rear wheels, the front wheels are powered by a single front motor bringing total system output to 1,250 hp. Exactly the same as the Californian hypercar its competing against, the alien tech Czinger 21C.