Hey there, friend, how’ve you been? It’s been awhile since the 2018 C7 Corvette ZR1 has been spotted testing, but Chevrolet has returned to the Nürburgring once again.
The video shows the Corvette ZR1 taking in a few hot laps around the famed circuit with its giant rear spoiler intact and goofy, sound-muffling exhaust in place. We suppose now is a good time to recap what might be happening with the range-topping Corvette ZR1.
Foremost, it’s rumored the C7 Corvette ZR1 will sport a 6.2-liter LT5 DOHC V8 engine with some sort of forced induction. Other rumors peg an even more powerful 6.2-liter supercharged LT4 V8 engine to be present, though. Leaked documents from 2016 lend credibility to the LT5 V8, however, and the engine code has also shown up in a few internal GM systems.
There’s also likely to be some sort of active aerodynamics going on, according to patent images obtained. Last, but not least, it’s going to be really, really loud. Those pipes are to keep the engine’s volume in check while testing and it still sounds beastly.
Have a look at the video above as we wait for when we’ll officially see the 2018 C7 Corvette ZR1 debut.
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Just get the dam thing here
SportAuto has tested unofficially the Z06 in a fast lap on Nurburgring; the time: 7;13.90
http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a10300852/watch-a-corvette-z06-lap-the-nurburgring-in-7139/
that was not a good time. They said “not too shaby”. in other words its just “ok”. So again the corvette is a fail. It has not beaten the dodge srt vipers ACR time.
We have to feel fortunate that General Motors and Chevrolet decided not to simply let the C7 Corvette fade away and will go out with a roar.. one has to suspect that the C7 Corvette ZR1 will mean superior off the line acceleration and better handling over the Z06 using as much knowledge gained from the C7.R program.
This car is so cheap. Horrible paint job, interior plastic and plastic with cheap leather and viynl. This car does not deserve a 60k price, much less over that in cost. I bet the car cost 40k at best to make. To top it off, the car is selling for 11,ooo to 16,000 off sticker brand new. Even the dealer knows it not worth the price. How sad for corvette, ruining the american super car. Now they lost it to the Camaro. The camaro is faster but it is so cheap looking and feeling also. Gm …Dodge is beating you in every way. Get with the program and put alot more quality in the cars and trucks. They look and feel foreign not american. Fire your designer and start a clean slate.
Who ever drives you to the dealership and takes you out of your booster seat and allows you to look at cars should be ashamed of themselves!
You must not have a clue at what you are looking at! Your opinion means nothing!
see my comment Brian.
The zo6 can be optioned with a carbon interior with alcantara everything. And your really going to compare chevy and dodge trucks HAHAHA i dont remeber the last time i pulled into a racetrack and saw a dodge pulling anything lol and dodge definetly needs to fire their truck designer because the new ones are terrible and overpriced.
see my comment stewart
Brian, you apparently have not owned or driven the new corvette. c6 and c7. Furthermore if you check out what is to come, you will see the wide body hellcat from dodge with 900 hp and all wheel drive coming. Dodge is leading the pack and has destroyed ALL other name brands on the track the viper acr has beaten everyone in all price ranges! Do you even have a clue on why GM is now the looser in the pack ? Check out the head to head ford mustang 350r vs, the new camaro zl1. Ford beat it in may levels according to real car professional drivers. So camaro has been taken off the list now and it is faster than the c7 z06 on the track in performace and in time. So the Viper destroyed the tracks with no other competion and is waiting for a new comer. The dodge hellcat wide body and demon has destroyed the rack strip and drag meets with setting new world records from a production car, 5 in fact.
So knowing these know FACTS. This is why I am angry at gm and the lost know amercian super car “the corvette”. The car is a looser and the quality is terrible on fit and finish inside and out. The values have tanked. The dealers have no respect for them anymore. The corvettes set outside vs. in the show room and they are so dirty on the lots with a 11k – 16k mark down on the new sticker from the dealer. So yeah proof is there. Look at the hellcat/ demon for example and the ford 350 r. They sell above the dealers sticker and are always on the showroom floors. I say all of this so that GM will finally do a better job on the corvette. I know the c8 is going to be mid engine but if the cheap designers are on this car it will have a cheap paint job, and plastic and pleather/viynl interior with thin padded seats and just be a disaster. the c6 and c7 are a sign of american corporate greed and we the people are tired of buying junk at 100k in price.
GM you are the looser of all car manufactures! You sold out to the foreign car designers looking for style and you lost what american want and are looking for. Get rid of the foreigners designers and engineers in the factory. So I will say it. We want fast! not not too shaby ratings and slow lap times that have been shattered in the past by others. We want real nice seats and real leather not pleather and thin seats. We want better tech in the car verses mercedes/hydaui tech. We want loud and deep noise from a motor that have never been built before with 1,000 plus hp and a impressive looking motor to look at, not plastics covers and toyish looking features. We want american cars to be saught after and not unwanted, so the resale values stay high and the dealers to treat them as real cars not just another metal block on the lot. We want earth shattering noise and new track records with comfort and style. We are tired of loosing to other name brands and being shunned at the car shows for just having another corvette. We want something great not seen before with some tweeks. Build us a real american super car! have you seen the ford gt? the new hellcat ? the demon? the track records shattered by the acr viper? Come on GM!!!! Get this job done we are tired of beening last and just a ok looking car and not so shaby performance comments. We want the corvette to rule the strips and streets and the track. Rule not compete. dominate not to be close. So are you a real car manufacture or what?
Well that just means there are more corvettes for me to choose from! If you don’t like what GM has to offer then go away!
If the viper is such a great car then why is it going away? Why didn’t it sell very well?
Your trying to compare the vipers performance to the corvette when the viper has over 100 cubic inches of displacement more and barely makes the same hp!
I think it’s funny that you compare the top of the line viper to the ZO6 that has never been the top of the line corvette.
As for the pony car wars I noticed that the camaro ZL1 1LE ran the fastest lap of the three pony car manufacturers. You leave this info out!
If dodge was destroying the world then their most famous car would not be going to the grave yard, and their pony car wouldn’t be riding on a platform that was designed by Benz 15 years ago!
OK, Brian this is why GM is making money. You, along with others have a low standard for america’s super car. I demand more than just “ok or within the top 10”. We have more money and better engineers than any other country, but yet they give us old tech and crap paint jobs and cheap interiors. This is a fact and my points. This is no offense to you Brian. This is a GM thing.
Listen to yourself, your focusing on paint jobs and interiors of a super car! I’ll quote you something from a person who knows more about super cars the both of us.
Jay Leno said when referring to the C6 ZR1 if you are paying attention to the interior of a car like this then maybe you should be driving a different car!
The only thing that should matter on a super car the performance numbers! The rest is personal preferences!
So the next time somebody from GM takes ideas about the next corvette please don’t focus on the paint or the interior! Please focus on making the corvette a performance leader in very version that is made!
True. I am focusing on the pleasure part of the vehicle and expecting high performance. I am seeing what is out there now in the 150 to 200 range in price like the new zr1 and the new c8. So with these types of existing pleasures to see and feel, I am desiring the car to be held up to existing standards of the price range it should be competing not just with but all things matter now. Thanks for the conversation Brian.
William stop crying! Also this is a GM site not a Fiat site! You can go head and buy you’re Fiat Dodge.
You know what Fiat stands for Fix It Again Tony.
Why are you assuming the C8 will be north of 150k? You don’t know that and have zero info to predict it!
i am in the know. fyi…the c7 just dropped 8k in value again.
William… don’t go away mad… just go away!!!!! You probably Don’t have a car…. let alone a license
William has his eye out for the 2018 Viper, lol. Who knew a car that sounds like crap, seats you in an awkward position, and burns you when you get in or out wouldn’t sell? As far as Hellcats go they are living proof that even a turd can go fast in a straight line with a big supercharger on it. Everyone knows how well they brake & turn. No thanks!
Crazy Willey even compared the Ford Mustang GT350 to the Vette(rolling eyes). The GT350 gets beat by the Camaro SS 1LE…true story. The Mustang is $80k the SS 1LE is <$50k. Then the Ford faithful scream GT350R! These $100k+ beauties are like unicorns, i've heard of them, but i've never seen one! Lol. The Camaro ZL1 beats it in performance in every way & is $65k.
In 2016 Chevy sold 40,000 Corvettes… 40,000! Consumers can see a beautiful car & know a good buy (Crazy Willey can not).
My wife & I are the proud owners of a 2017 Grand Sport with the Z07 brake & tire package. Talk about a head turner! It looks fast sitting still, it sounds like thunder, it corners like it's on rails, & the Black Rose Metallic paint gets compliments all the time. The interior is an absolute delight, the seats are more comfy than those in our Lexus GS350 F Sport we just sold. A K&N air filter & a MSD intake manifold brought our horsepower up over 500. For $80k our car out performs cars twice it's price & rides like a dream… We live in great times my friends! 🙂