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GM unveils quickest Corvette ever with ZR1X ‘hypercar’ going 0-60 mph in less than two seconds
https://www.cnbc.com ^ | Jun 17 2025 | Michael Wayland

Posted on 06/17/2025 9:30:59 AM PDT by Enterprise

The Corvette ZR1X’s top speed is 233 mph, with a 0-60 mph time of under two seconds, according to GM. The vehicle’s LT7 twin-turbo V-8 engine that’s shared with both ZR1 models is rated at 1,064 horsepower and 828 foot-pounds of torque, the company said. Adding to the performance of the ZR1X is an electric axle that makes the vehicle all-wheel drive and gives it an additional 186 horsepower and 145 foot-pounds of torque, GM said.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Travel
KEYWORDS: automotive; chevrolet; corvette; theneedforspeed; zoom; zr1x
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To: Enterprise

Hmm...(sound of calculator buttons clicking) - that’s nearly four minutes to the Beer Store. Still too long.


21 posted on 06/17/2025 9:49:42 AM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Enterprise

For any of the ladies thinking 🤔
about that perfect July 4th present
for me...I’ll take 2, thank you
very much.

I wanna pick the colors too, if that’s okay...

😄😃🤣🤪


22 posted on 06/17/2025 9:49:42 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Mastador1

I just want to hop in that thing at the Florida/Georgia state line, put “Whole Lotta Love” on infinite replay, point it South, and see if I can make it into the history books before Johnny Law catches me.


23 posted on 06/17/2025 9:50:35 AM PDT by The Duke (Not without incident.)
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To: Mastador1

Aside from some rural areas where can you use the speed they are capable of?


Before I retired four years ago, I put 185k on my 2013 Scion FR-S commuting to work in Louisville from south central Kentucky every day. Over half the drive was on the well maintained twisties. I went through nine sets of tires. Most of them were Michelin Pilot SS or SS4’s. I raced to work every day and only had to worry about Deer, not cops.

It was a blast!


24 posted on 06/17/2025 9:51:21 AM PDT by cuban leaf (2024 is going to be one for the history books, like 1939. And 2025 will be more so, like 1940-1945.)
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To: Enterprise

From an engineering standpoint: wow!!

From a practical standpoint: I’ll keep my 2000 Civic.


25 posted on 06/17/2025 9:51:59 AM PDT by llevrok (Keep buggering on!)
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To: Enterprise

My Triumph rocket 3 motorcycle would go 0 to 60 in 3 seconds. It’s not the speed it’s the acceleration that is so much fun, Although I did take it up to 130 mph once.


26 posted on 06/17/2025 9:53:39 AM PDT by HerrBlucher
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To: PUGACHEV
I think I could find a use for it.

Picking up Chicks comes to mind.

27 posted on 06/17/2025 9:53:43 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Enterprise

Geez! How many Gs?


28 posted on 06/17/2025 9:53:52 AM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Are you now, or have you ever been, a Democrat?)
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To: Enterprise

This car is the “quickest”?
Somehow, I don’t think many buters of of this car would ask their friends:
“So, how do you like new QUICK car?”!


29 posted on 06/17/2025 9:56:07 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! ThereonMaube)
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To: milagro

Oops—buyers!


30 posted on 06/17/2025 9:56:38 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement! ThereonMaube)
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To: Olog-hai

Bingo.


31 posted on 06/17/2025 9:56:42 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Enterprise

Unlike a Koenigsegg, Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini or other hypercars, the Corvette is magnitudes cheaper. Doesn’t have the same wow factor as those brands but it is an impressive car in its own right. Its performance is competitive with all those brands except for the top-end capabilities of the Koenigsegg and Bugatti.


32 posted on 06/17/2025 10:01:23 AM PDT by CommerceComet (Re-elect Donald Trump - AGAIN)
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To: Enterprise

It’s not really a Corvette anymore. Mid-engine/EV is no vette.


33 posted on 06/17/2025 10:02:50 AM PDT by subterfuge (I'm a pure-blood!)
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To: Mastador1

Yep. I have a BMW M3 E93 (V8 convertible version). It gets criticized for being ‘heavier’ with the hard top convertible, so ‘slower’. Ok. It has more than enough (420hp) for me on the roads and I’m never going to track it. So why not enjoy the sun and wind?!!?!

Some of these cars have really impressive NUMBERS but they’re becoming a diminishing factor in the purchasing decision. Just how fast is a 0-60 time worth? Now under 2s? How much lower could we possibly go? Can you even experience it? We’re at a point where horsepower isn’t a problem and neither is the road performance. For me, it’s other factors now - e.g. convertible and fuel efficiency.


34 posted on 06/17/2025 10:04:31 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Olog-hai

+1


35 posted on 06/17/2025 10:06:57 AM PDT by iamgalt
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To: milagro

Oh, I dunno. Quickness is a valuable commodity in many situations. Ron Santo and Harmon Killebrew had very little speed, per se, but amazing quickness (when playing defense). Quickness in a vehicle is part of defensive driving.


36 posted on 06/17/2025 10:09:11 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: Pontiac
"Picking up Chicks comes to mind."

Borat Goes Car Shopping"

37 posted on 06/17/2025 10:11:44 AM PDT by PUGACHEV
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To: fuzzylogic

Tesla Model S Plaid AWD, 0-60 under 2 seconds, and done in luxury.


38 posted on 06/17/2025 10:12:31 AM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: fuzzylogic

Tesla Model S Plaid AWD, 0-60 under 2 seconds, and done in luxury.


39 posted on 06/17/2025 10:12:57 AM PDT by Senormechanico
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To: Mastador1

“...most of the people that by these are old men who. barely drive the speed limit...”

And the rest of them are people who don’t know how to drive one and are going to be dead.

wy69


40 posted on 06/17/2025 10:13:32 AM PDT by whitney69
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