The new 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 is an absolute monster, with GM considering the twin-turbo supercar as the pinnacle of internal-combustion-based horsepower. We’ve already learned that the new ZR1 can push more than 230 mph in the top end, an eye-widening stat that places it among some of the fastest machines in the world. Now, GM is revealing the official estimates for the 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 0-to-60 mph and quarter mile times.
According to General Motors, the 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 can sprint from a standstill to 60 mph in just 2.3 seconds. Keep your foot in it, and the quarter mile will blaze by in 9.6 seconds at 150 mph. Both estimates are with the optional ZTK Performance Package onboard. Without the ZTK package, the ZR1 is estimated to hit hit 60 mph in 2.5 seconds, while completing the quarter mile in 9.7 seconds at 152 mph, 2 mph faster than the ZTK-equipped ZR1, presumably due to reduced aerodynamic drag.
GM notes that acceleration testing was performed on a non-prepped drag strip surface with 93 octane fuel in the tank.
For those readers who may be unaware, the optional ZTK package adds on several rather substantial carbon fiber aerodynamic upgrades, including a massive rear wing, front dive planes, and a hood Gurney lip. Add it all up, and the extra wing makes 1,200 pounds of downforce at speed. The package also adds new underbody strakes, new suspension tuning with stiffer springs, and sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tires.
Impressive, no doubt about it, but the real star is mounted just behind the cabin. Making the go is the twin-turbocharged 5.5L V8 LT7 gasoline engine, which features a flat-plane crank and produces 1,064 horsepower at 7,000 rpm, plus 828 pound-feet of torque at 6,000 rpm, making for not only the most powerful production Vette ever made, but also the most powerful production V8 ever produced by any major American auto manufacturer.
The Corvette ZR1 rides on the GM Y2 platform, while production takes place at the GM Bowling Green plant.
Original 409 engine sourced from a boat swap!
Rough exterior hides a wealth of custom details.
But the model is still dead last in its competitive set.
Plus, a nationwide lease on extended-length full-size SUV.
With more than 2 million units sold in the U.S. since 1999.
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non prepped surface and pump fuel are the key words here
My C6 ZR1 doe s it in 8.7 seconds… with a MANUAL TRANSMISSION…. None of that computer DCT bullcrap…
Ron
Hate to be the buzz kill….but, with these levels of performance, it seems logical that future corvettes will be lesser vehicles of what we have now. Maybe to point that since they can’t eclipse today’s corvette, they’ll just give up.