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Chevy Teases 2025 Corvette ZR1 Engine Sound: Video

Earlier this year, General Motors released a video confirming that the high-performance Corvette ZR1 will officially debut this summer. The General has now dropped a second 2025 Corvette ZR1 teaser ahead of its official reveal.

Tagged with “Unthinkable Speed is Coming,” this 22-second video is nothing but the sweet sounds of the C8 ZR1‘s powerplant revving out. While GM Authority has covered the upcoming twin-turbocharged 5.5L V8 LT7 gasoline engine a number of times, official specifications haven’t been released yet. However, the 2025 Corvette ZR1 is expected to develop somewhere in the ballpark of 850 horsepower and 850 pound-feet of torque, which would make it the most powerful production-spec Corvette ever manufactured. The LT7 is a boosted variant of the high-revving 5.5L V8 LT6 screamer found in the C8 Z06.

Teaser of 2025 Corvette ZR1.

As a reminder, the ZR1 moniker made its last appearance with the 2019 Corvette ZR1, which stood as the high-water mark for front-engined, RWD Vette models. With the transition to a mid-engined layout, America’s sports car has already taken the Corvette name to new heights, and the C8 ZR1 will continue with that trend.

Following the ZR1, the Corvette Zora is expected to represent the pinnacle of the Corvette C8, and will be unveiled at a later date.

Of course, GM Authority has been hard at work covering everything Corvette ZR1-related, and has reported on several spy shots of prototypes testing out in the wild. In fact, a Corvette ZR1 Convertible model was recently captured by GM Authority expert photographers, which gives us a closer look at select differences between coupes and convertibles, like a lower-profile rear wing.

In addition, GM Authority also captured pictures of the 2025 Corvette ZR1’s cabin, which appears to boast a similar setup to the interior we’re already familiar with on other Corvette C8 variants.

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Comments

  1. Does it sound flat crank?

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    1. You tell me. Listen to the video in the article.

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  2. Definitely not an FPC. The twin screw smoke graphic was an interesting clue.

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    1. Sounds like a flat plane crank to me.

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      1. Definitely flat plane with dual exhausts.

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    2. Agreed. Sounded like a cross plane crank.

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  3. That’s because the LT6 HAS a flat plane crank. The engine was designed with it from the go.

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  4. This is 100% a twin turbo flat plane crank. There is an Easter egg in this video. If you slow it down frame by frame when the car passes by it shows the Gemini rocket between two smoke cyclones. The Gemini rocket has a homage to NASA program and that rocket was used on the current Z06 LT6 engine.

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    1. Not seeing it going frame by frame. Definitely doesn’t sound flat crank. Also, wouldn’t be needed as the reason for the LT6 to meet the GT class requirements (no more than 5.5L, no forced induction) in the Z06z .in every way the LT5 is superior to the LT6 for drag racing. It would make a ton of sense for the ZR1 to go back to corvettes roots of a small block.

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      1. It sounds exactly like a flat plane crank with turbos on it. It sounds nothing like a cross plane crank.

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  5. Will it be available with chrome wheels as an option? What about maroon exterior paint?

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  6. Turbo 4 for sure!!

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  7. What’s the point? It will be impossible to obtain one anyway. I just heard from my dealer that it’ll be 2.5 years before I can even order my E-Ray. After checking with several major dealers, I got the same answer. Why introduce another model on the same production line when you can’t fulfill orders for existing models? GM should refrain from advertising cars they can’t produce.

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    1. This tactic hasn’t seemed to impact Tesla sales much … when they actually DO start producing cars they advertised 2-5 years in advance.

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    2. My “what’s the point” comment would be it’s impossible to tell what something sounds like through speakers. It’s like judging what a TV will look like though a computer monitor.

      My other “what’s the point” comment is engine noise is no longer important. Not only would a high end EV beat the pants off this vehicle, but most vehicles today are very efficient without a lot of engine noise. The other day there was a very loud modified car on the freeway, maybe a Charger or Challenger (I don’t follow Dodge) and it made a ton of noise accelerating past another car. It’s rate of acceleration was pathetic, not at all correlated to the noise produced.

      Can hardly wait for the downvotes to a factual post, and no written responses.

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  8. GM has a hell of a advertising section. Didn’t they tease us with the electric Silverado to about 3 Super Bowls back, Still have not seen one of them on the road!

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