National Corvette Museum Hosted First 2025 ZR1 Delivery

The 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 is gradually arriving in dealerships, and it reached a significant landmark on Friday. The first C8 ZR1 with the Corvette Museum Delivery option (RPO code R8C) has been delivered, right across the street from where it was built.

The spec of the car in question appears to be very similar to the yellow coupe pictured in the initial unveiling of the C8 ZR1. It’s a coupe finished in Competition Yellow Tintcoat Metallic (paint code GBK) with 20-inch front and 21-inch rear 10-spoke visible carbon fiber wheels (SU1). It’s also equipped with the extroverted Carbon Fiber Aero Package (RPO TOM) with a high-wing spoiler, front dive planes, a tall hood spoiler, and underbody strakes.

“This isn’t just a delivery—it’s a celebration of Corvette’s engineering and community,” said Bryce Burklow, President & CEO of the National Corvette Museum. “Seeing the first 2025 ZR1 delivered right here in Bowling Green reinforces the bond between Corvette owners and the Museum that honors their passion.”

The museum says that more than 40 percent of the deliveries for the C7 ZR1, which was only produced for the 2019 model year, were delivered through the NCM’s R8C delivery program. The C8 ZR1 will have a limited production run for the 2025 model year, but will continue for multiple model years, likely through the rest of the C8 generation.

Ordering has been open for the 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 since February, and allocations started coming in hot in late March. Predictably, we’ve been seeing significant markups as the new ZR1 starts arriving in dealerships, some in six-digit territory.

The GM enthusiast with impeccable taste who ordered this car, along with every new ZR1 owner, will have to adhere to the ownership requirements recently outlined by GM. There’s a retention period of one full year for new ZR1 owners, as well as a six-month hold required for new Corvette Z06 and E-Ray owners. The policy is intended to prevent car “flipping,” and customers caught violating the retention agreement may be barred from purchasing high-demand GM vehicles in the future, while the new owner won’t receive any warranty coverage.