The first production 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 is now spoken for, auctioned off for a cool $3.7 million at Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2025. The full hammer price of the 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 VIN 001 will be donated to charity, benefitting the Red Cross with all auction fees waived.
Unsurprisingly, Rick Hendrick – Corvette aficionado, championship-caliber NASCAR Cup Series team owner, and the man at the helm of Hendrick Automotive Group – will be the one to take that Vette home.
Hendrick has an expensive Corvette VIN 001 habit. He scored the first production 2024 Corvette E-Ray for $1.1 million, along with the first 2023 Corvette Z06 for $3.6 million, the first retail 2020 Corvette Convertible for $400,000, and the first C8 Corvette Coupe $3 million. He also placed the winning bid on the first production 2019 C7 Corvette ZR1 way back in 2018, so his latest acquisition will fit right in with his collection.
General Motors pulled the sheets off the 2025 Corvette ZR1 in July, unleashing the fastest, most powerful production Corvette in the nameplate’s history. The lean, mean, supercar-killing machine harnesses the twin-turbocharged 5.5L V8 LT7 gasoline engine, tuned to deliver a blistering 1,064 horsepower at 7,000 RPM and 828 pound-feet of torque at 6,000 RPM. All those ponies can gallop from 0 to 60 mph in just 2.3 seconds, and it boasts a top speed of over 230 mph.
Of course, when the 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 starts rolling off the assembly line in droves, it won’t cost nearly as much as Hendrick paid for his. As previously reported by GM Authority, pricing for the 2025 Corvette ZR1 1LZ coupe will start at $174,995, including destination freight charges (DFC). The most expensive model of the bunch is the Corvette ZR1 3LZ convertible, starting at $195,995. That’s a pretty penny for sure, but nowhere near the $3.7 million hammer price raked in by VIN 001.
The #ZR1 was designed to challenge the world’s best #supercars with its 5.5-liter, twin-turbocharged dual overhead cam flat-plane crank #LT7 V8 engine rated with a stunning 1,064 horsepower. pic.twitter.com/0UoTec6gLv
— Barrett-Jackson (@Barrett_Jackson) January 26, 2025
All C8 variants ride on the GM Y2 platform, while production takes place at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky. First consensus and ordering will begin in February.
Comments
3.7 M reasons I will never buy a vehicle from a dealership that bares his name.
You have something against the Red Cross?
Freddy should have read the article before he commented.
Great job. I love your comment!
Freddy,
Why do you say that?
Well there’s a shocker. He buys all the VIN 001 models.
When does Rick find time to drive all these cars
He got a bargain from the first C8 he bought in 2020 fo $3 million.
See, there are still cars you can have fun in, if you have deep pockets.
Trump will give the 1% more tax breaks so it’s easier for them to buy these cars with your money.
Little johnny z. Just another unsuccessful, sorry nobody who is obsessed with Trump. Get over it sadsack.
People with lots of money tend to buy toys they can look at an admire but I hear they have a saying in states like Florida and Louisiana. They say: “When you die no matter how rich you are everybody gets the same thing. “A STONE IN THE SWAMP WITH YOUR NAME ON IT. SOME STONES BETTER THAN OTHERS, BUT STILL JUST A STONE.”
Only $3 million upside down!
since all the money goes to charity it is nothing but a big fat tax deduction today
In 20-30 years his kids will probably stuff their pockets so fat they will rip