Officially Official: Corvette ZR1 makes 638 hp and 604 lb-ft (LS9)

www.autoblog.com ^ | 04/25/2008 | General Motors

[Red Badger]

That's one HUGE CARBON FOOTPRINT!.................

[Red Badger]

Ping!.......

[Callahan]

I’ll have add this one to my collection.

[Slapshot68]

Holy smoke...man I’d just end up wrapping myself around (or through) a tree with that.

[thackney]

Fuel economy testing has not been completed, but engineers are confident the ZR1 will be the most fuel-efficient 600-plus-horsepower car on the market.

LOL!!!

[popdonnelly]

That’s great, but unfortunately I can’t afford to fill the tank, let alone buy the car.

[M1D]

Still pushrod 1930’s technology

[RGSpincich]

My eyes glazed over reading the specs.

Surely there is a flux capacitor and a Mr. Fusion.

[infantrywhooah]

From Road and Track:

[infantrywhooah]

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[Hacklehead]

Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson will call it “rubbish”.

[gathersnomoss]

Will there be a carbon footprint tax in the near future? Go for it, politicians.

[Always Right]

That boy could compete in the Indy 500.

[advertising guy]

laugh about gas miles at your peril..........

the Z06 is built on a titanium shell,carbon fiber wrapped and an air bag heaven...........

The car will get 21 mpg in town and 26 mpg on the road at 175 mph...................

The Vet is the only performance car no to suffer the mandatory gas guzzler tax.

There is no other car within the performance graph that is within 250 k in price and at 250k , no other car in the world holds a candle to her

these are not opinions, they are fact, I teach product knowledge for Chevy through out the southwest

[nascarnation]

Love those pushrods.
somewhere in heaven Duntov is smiling :-)

[RightWhale]

It will neither wrap nor go through a tree but shatter into unidentifiable shards of glass and epoxy. The blower will suck up any leaves and small branches along the way.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Just curious - I agree that the pic seems to show pushrods but the specs mention “overhead valve” - can someone explain why you can have pushrods and still be overhead valve? I would have thought they were mutually exclusive but I think I must be mistaken.

[vietvet67]

The “Al Gore” edition with special badges will sell at a premium.

[mountainlion]

Aw, come on, they did not have computers in the 30’s. They did not have solid state ignition. They did not even have spark plugs that would last 100,000 miles let alone an engine that would. I doubt the pushrods would last 100,000 miles.

[agere_contra]

I think he’ll like it, assuming it’s put in a car that can handle its power. (Of course they don’t test engines on Top Gear, they test cars: looking forward to seeing ‘the Stig’ drive something with one of these in)