GM pulled the sheets on the new 2025 Corvette ZR1 in July, debuting the fastest and most powerful production Corvette to date. Naturally, buyers are eager to learn the details surrounding the availability for the new top-dog Vette. Now, GM Authority has confirmed the exact date for new C8 ZR1 order submission processing.
According to GM Authority sources, the first Dealer Order Submission Process (DOSP) for the 2025 Corvette ZR1 will begin on February 13th, 2025. GM Authority previously reported that orders would kick off in February, but now, we have an exact date to report.
GM outlined official pricing information for the 2025 Corvette ZR1 earlier this month, announcing that MSRP would start at $174,995. The lineup includes two trim levels, 1LZ and 3LZ, as well as two body styles, including a coupe and hardtop convertible. Pricing is as follows (note that MSRP figures include $1,695 for destination freight charge):
- 1LZ Coupe: $174,995
- 1LZ Convertible: $184,995
- 3LZ Coupe: $185,995
- 3LZ Convertible: $195,995
Production is scheduled to begin in the second quarter of 2025 at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky, the exclusive production facility for the Corvette since 1981. While production will be limited, Corvette Production Marketing Manager Harlan Charles has stated that the limitations will stem from supply chain factors, rather than an artificial cap.
Standout options include the new ZR1 Carbon Fiber Aero Package (RPO code TOM), which adds a number of components that significantly enhance the supercar’s downforce, including a massive rear wing, hood spoiler, and front dive planes.
As for the mechanical specs, the 2025 Corvette ZR1 is motivated by the twin-turbocharged 5.5L V8 LT7 gasoline engine, which delivers an astonishing 1,064 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 828 pound-feet of torque at 6,000 rpm. The new C8 ZR1 is the first production Corvette to be turbocharged from the factory. All of that go yields some very impressive performance figures, including a 0-to-60 mph time of 2.3 seconds and a top speed in excess of 230 mph. Like all C8 variants, the new ZR1 rides on the GM Y2 platform.
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When I ran out of the spray can of pricy foaming tire-wheel cleaner I normally use, I thought for a moment about a possible substitute I might have on hand.
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Checked the label for ingredients and restrictions.
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No joke!
Once you’ve “scrubbing bubbled your wheels, you won’t go back”!
I’ll try this SOON. Thanks
And let the new reports of ZR1 traffic incidents begin! Take an inexperienced driver , who can afford a $200,000 car, and the stories just write themselves. I look forward to picking up an engine and trans from a wrecked ZR1 … soon.
What did people say when Dodge came out with the 770 hp, 850 hp, 920 hp and 1025 hp Hellcats and Demons? Thousands of those are on the roads and have a lot less stability than a C8 chassis. Why is this an issue some people try to dump on the C8 ZR1?
If we go by Corvette’s illustrious history over the years when it comes to bringing out a new and very desirable model for purchase, we can assume that everything will be “status quo”, that is everything will be handled by Chevy and those amazing (sic) Chevy Dealers and as in the past we can expect things will be quite exciting waiting for the ZR1 to be made publically available first to automotive magazines for proper testing, then to those “wild and crazy” You-Tubers (hopefully those select few that are intelligent enough to not do anything foolish or stupid) and then eventually to actual ZR1 buyers with the money and the “connections” to find a ZR1 to their personal liking and, hopefully enjoy their new and amazing ZR1, probably along with their other exotic toys parked in their garages or that’ll be added to their collection of exotics. I fully expect the arrival publically of the C8 ZR1 to create quite a stir in the automotive world and fully expect it to “kick ass and takes names” as it makes it way through out the world wide countries that’ll be anticipating great things from this “Wild Beast” from America! That is, until the “Zora” Corvette is actually brought to the public’s attention, then it’ll be “Game On” once again and we’ll start this whole crazy proceedure all over again as we wait in wild anticipation of The Best ‘Vette yet…we know it’s coming, we just don’t know when.
I would boil all that down to something simple: We’ve seen this movie before. Nothing unusual. It’s just the nature of the business.
How about some estimates of the dealer markup. What you think it will be and what you think the highest markup will be.
Ready to see the most affordable, bang for the buck, ZR1 performance car prices ascend, after dealer markup, to the price of a carbon tub, carbon body creation that weighs 600 or 700 lbs less?
Mark up is expected to be $100,000 per the dealership sales guy I talked to. Which is BS but they can get away with it unfortunately unless you’re willing to wait 2 years or more
It’s all about Supply and Demand. I guess it’s ok for you to buy one at MSRP and then turn around and mark it up, huh?
Here’s a tip: Let the white leather loafer, country club showoff posers pay the dealer bribes and buy the first year of production. They will do all the customer “field testing” to work out the initial “bugs” like they did in 2014… Patience pays off with lower prices and better quality.
Obviously the C8 top speed of 194 is very limiting especially for daily drivers and grocery getters, the ability to do 233 will get the groceries home 4 minutes sooner. Well worth the extra money.
I hadn’t done the math yet, but if your calculations are correct and it’s only four minutes quicker as a grocery getter? I’ll pass 🙂
Top speed is interesting to note though as are all performance measurements. Good for marketing if nothing else. If Chevy didn’t mention it, would that stop the other companies? I have one of those 194 mph cars. But I have no intention of trying it. Anyway, thanks to turbocharging, the massively increased torque of the ZR1 over the Z06 is very welcome. Torque is more practical to use than peak hp.
It Still Bothers me that a Convertible Cost 10 Grand More than the Coupe. I remember the
C3 (1968-75) being assembled at the old antiquated St Louis Assembly Plant and the Base
Price for the Convertible was always around $300.00 less than the Coupe. Even having to go
through the Line Twice. Now at BG, which is State of the Art Assembly, They want to Gouge
you if you want a Convertible; Doesn’t seem Right!
I just wondered if you have ever seen the complexity of gear sets, levers and micro switches that are involved in the convertible version of a C8?
I’m glad I don’t need one of these to feel complete, not that I could afford it. The base model corvette is enough for the vast majority of buyers. There’s a time and place for speed and that’s on a race track. These are not race cars or even close to it. They are very powerful and quick luxury cars that make GM about 10 fold more than selling a base corvette. Thanks rich guys for making the base C-8 somewhat affordable to us regular smucks.
There are many levels of Corvette – and always have been. The ZR1 is a top level addition to currently sold models, not a replacement. Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, not every Corvette sold was an L88 or L89 tri-power Corvette. Only weathy people bought those top level cars. Regarding affordability, the ZR1 offers more value for the money vs. other cars in it’s segment of the market. Many more people can afford a ZR1 than a McLaren, Ferrrari, etc. What’s wrong with that? GM is doing a great job!