The brand new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is quick as hell. Only recently, Chevy engineers took it for a spin across the Excessive-Velocity Oval Observe at ATP Automotive Testing in Papenburg, Germany, the place it topped out at 233 miles per hour. Right now, Chevrolet is saying that the brand new ZR1 can be the quickest Corvette of all time

The brand new Corvette ZR1 will hit 60 miles per hour in 2.3 seconds, based on Chevy. That makes it the quickest Corvette ever—faster even than the electrified E-Ray (2.5 seconds). For comparability, the ZR1 is nearly as speedy to 60 as hypercars just like the Aston Martin Valkyrie, Lamborghini Revuelto, and Lotus Evija—which all get there in 2.3 seconds.

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With an extended sufficient patch of pavement, the ZR1 will conquer the quarter-mile in simply 9.6 seconds at 150 mph. That’s about as fast as a Ferrari 296 GTB and a Lamborghini Revuelto. Nevertheless, the drag-prepped Dodge Demon 170 nonetheless holds the report for American vehicles with a quoted quarter-mile time of 8.91 seconds.

With all these spectacular numbers in tow, the Corvette ZR1 earns a handful of accolades. It’s the quickest and quickest Corvette ever, and the quickest automobile Common Motors has ever produced. It’s additionally the one automobile on the earth below $1 million that may hit 233 mph.

One large factor we nonetheless don’t know concerning the ZR1 is how a lot it prices. Given the bottom worth of the E-Ray ($108,595) and Z06 ($113,795), we count on the brand new ZR1 to be properly into the six-figure mark. Hopefully the worth tag isn’t as mind-blowing because the efficiency.