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A HERETIC I AM

(24,585 posts)
Sun Jul 28, 2024, 01:57 AM Jul 2024

Chevrolet reveals 2025 ZR-1 Corvette. Twin turbo, 1064 HP!



215 + MPH top speed.

I WANT!!!

Lots of other vids on YouTube.

Here's an announcement video from Chevrolet (23 minutes long);



If you like track videos, here's one with a camouflaged unit at the Nürburgring;


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A HERETIC I AM

(24,585 posts)
2. They have come a long way from those days!
Sun Jul 28, 2024, 02:16 AM
Jul 2024

5.5 liter engine is a bit over 335.6 Cubic Inches. So getting 1064 HP out of it is a bit more than 3 HP to the cubic inch!

KS Toronado

(19,574 posts)
3. On account of all the high speed chases we hear about
Sun Jul 28, 2024, 02:59 AM
Jul 2024

with people getting hurt or killed, it would not surprise me if law enforcement agencies some day will
want cars manufactured with a top speed of say 85 mph and police cars with a 100 mph limit.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,585 posts)
5. The technology already exists where a cop can get a car shut down...
Sun Jul 28, 2024, 03:13 AM
Jul 2024

specifically one equipped with OnStar, like my 2024.

If it gets stolen I can call OnStar, locate the vehicle and when a cop gets behind it, have it shut down.

It's not too far a technological leap to being able to do that to any vehicle at any time.

Old Crank

(4,647 posts)
9. Most cars already can tell you how fast you are allowed to go.
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 09:28 AM
Jul 2024

Time to use that to limit speeds, especially in built up areas.

3Hotdogs

(13,398 posts)
8. So let's see. I buy one and take it on the Garden State Parkway with Sunday's shore traffic --- simply put,
Sun Jul 28, 2024, 07:39 AM
Jul 2024

I'd be jerking myself off. As would 92.7% of the Boomer yuppies who buy one.

flvegan

(64,593 posts)
10. I love this car, and I love that Chevy is building it, but
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 07:56 PM
Jul 2024

The price, with dealer markups, will be ridiculous and stay ridiculous. Once it gets to the $250k-300k, which I'm sure it will, you find yourself at a price point: new Corvette or a couple year old Lamborghini Huracan or year old 911 Turbo. The Corvette might get to 60 slightly faster, but it's still (in that present company) just a Corvette (full disclosure: I've owned two, I love them).

I hope they sell a million of them so I can pick one up barely used a couple years later at a deep discount.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,585 posts)
11. The ADM's have gotten out of hand, no doubt..
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 09:29 PM
Jul 2024

But there are several YouTubers who are saying the market has leveled out and is trending down for the C8.

Of course the ZR-1 will likely open that back up again, so it's up to the buyer to refuse to pay those dealer markups. Hopefully Chevrolet will do what it can to stop the dealers from gouging.


flvegan

(64,593 posts)
12. I can only speak to my expanded market
Mon Jul 29, 2024, 10:16 PM
Jul 2024

but the upper level models like the Z06 are still $10k over MSRP new, and used are selling at MSRP. Ordinary C8s are hitting the 2 years old, $65k-70k area, hardly driven (idiots). I'm sure there are deals to be had at a Manheim auction, that sort of thing.

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