Whenever a new supercar hits the market, there’s a gaggle of pitiless rubberneckers scanning social media for the first big crash. Someone somewhere tried to pull out of the dealership lot while attempting to impersonate Dominic Toretto and ended up totaling a six-figure supercar with only a handful of miles on the odometer. The internet and its cesspool-like rabidity for pain and suffering of others are odd phenomena that pull in the clicks. However, the 2019 Corvette ZR1 above is different.Â
Many times, such car calamities captured on video happen as the driver gets out of the car, stunned at what has happened—like many videos captured outside a Cars & Coffee event. But we don’t know how the 2019 Corvette ZR1 that’s for sale with a salvaged title came to wreck.
The front and rear of the 2019 Corvette ZR1 are oddly undamaged. However, the passenger side is trashed, leading us to believe the driver lost control and slid into one of the three Ts if driving instructors warn students to avoid— a tree, truck, and/or telephone pole. The windshield is crushed in on the passenger side. The passenger door isn’t even attached to the vehicle anymore. One photo shows a huge indent on the passenger side. Hopefully nobody was riding shotgun when this incident took place.
The car is currently for sale on Copart.com from State Farm Insurance. The listing states the 2019 Corvette ZR1 has 1,726 actual miles on the odometer. The listing also shows a bid of $15,400 as of this writing. It may seem crazy to spend any amount of money on a 2019 Corvette ZR1 with this much damage, which carries a sticker of over $100,000 when new, but a photo of the engine makes it appear it survived the crash unscathed. However, it’d be impossible to tell if there was any damage to the 755-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter LT5 V8 without a thorough inspection.
Bidding on it is a lot like bidding on a mystery box. You hope you get something cool—something unique and rare. But you understand your chance of getting crap, too.Â
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You could use the chassis to help Make America Great Again by joining America’s effort to beat Australia’s new World Burnout Record !!!
Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi. Beat that Seppo’s hahahahaha
Oops, here’s the 2019 re-take, it’s Aussie ,AGAIN !!!
Hmmmm. This is actually very tempting.
I’ve got a ’15 Z51 7 speed. So for 15K, I’d get the engine, front bumper, hood, Android auto stereo (offered in ’16+), wheels, and front bumper cameras. Not bad.
My 2017 C7 wrecked with even more damage was over 22K salvage.
Safety crash test mule…?
Drive as is convertible!
That will buff right out 🙂
Oh, let me add that I’d pay 50k for that…Looks like the engine and drive-line were not impacted, literally. Pull the drive-line and sell and you could probably make your money back. The rest of the undamaged parts would be profit. As crunched up as this is, there is likely 20k+ worth of good parts. For someone who knows the Corvette community, and is handy with a few buddies, this should be fairly easy money.
As far as repairing. It’s unclear how much damage to the structure of the car. I know there is one cross member that if damaged, cannot be repaired.
Who are you going to sell ZR1 parts to? Outside of the engine drivetrain! Most people who buy Corvette parts dont like buying parts from damaged Corvettes!
I am interested on bying the LT5 engine! Could you please send me a quote to my email address.
Regards,
Rabih