Chevrolet unveiled the 2025 Corvette ZR1 in July 2024, and the rollout to consumers has been gradual. Dealerships are nonetheless ready for the primary manufacturing fashions to reach, however it appears some people obtained bored with ready. Thieves busted into the Corvette plant in Bowling Inexperienced, Kentucky and made off with eight automobiles, no less than one in every of which was a ZR1.

The heist occurred final week, per a report from Highway & Monitor. They cite a Fb submit claiming thieves minimize a gap within the fence on the manufacturing unit and made off with the automobiles. Curiously, the primary report of one thing being flawed apparently did not come from the plant. On the morning of March 22, police had been notified of a suspicious Corvette at an condo advanced that also had manufacturing unit stickers and wrappings on it. An investigation ensued, at which level the outlet within the fence was found. Normal Motors did a list test and located eight automobiles had been lacking.

Here is the place issues get much more attention-grabbing. A number of Corvettes had been present in a Lowes Dwelling Enchancment car parking zone in Bowling Inexperienced, the place a number of the automobile boosters had been apparently making an attempt to promote the automobiles. One other Fb submit confirms a kind of Vettes was certainly a ZR1. Two different ‘Vettes within the images seem like Z06s.

Photograph by: Tyson D Wade / Fb

Based on WBKO 13 Information, all eight Corvettes had been recovered and no less than one particular person, 21-year-old Deantae Walker from Westland, Michigan, was taken into custody.

If the thieves weren’t within the know concerning the ZR1, whoever obtained behind the wheel in all probability obtained the shock of their life. With 1,064 horsepower from its twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8 going solely to the rear wheels, there are few manufacturing automobiles on the planet that match the ZR1’s efficiency. Presumably, the traction management remained on for this joyride, because the automobile seems to be none the more severe for put on.

For these ready to legally declare their ZR1, it is not clear precisely when that may occur. Corvette Blogger stories that ZR1s have been noticed on automobile haulers close to the plant, however that does not essentially imply they’re manufacturing automobiles headed to homeowners.