We haven’t talked about Chevrolet in a while, and now is the perfect time to talk about it. Known for high-performance sports cars, SUVs, and pickup trucks, Chevrolet has a little something for every consumer. With the shift of the auto market towards electric vehicles, we see less vehicles reporting high numbers in horsepower. Chevrolet answered that challenge and produced the fastest and most powerful Chevrolet Corvette today. It’s the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1!

Powered by a 5.5L, twin-turbocharged DOHC flat-plane crank V8 engine, also known as the LT7, this powertrain is capable of generating 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb-ft. This officially makes the V8 engine in the 2025 Corvette ZR1 is the most powerful V8 ever produced in America that comes as a factory setting. In turn, that makes the ZR1 the only Chevy Corvette to come straight from the factory and be this powerful. Able to run a quarter mile in a GM-estimated sub-10-seconds, that’s pretty darn fast.

Not all engines are the same. The LT7 started out as a forced induction engine and then paired with the 5.5-liter flat-plane engine design. Because of this, a lot of new parts were needed, including head castings with unique ports, a larger combustion chamber, and a completely new intake system tuned for twin turbochargers. The forced induction engine was optimized with valve train timing and a higher exhaust temperature that enabled the installment of exhaust valves. A new CNC machined combustion chamber, exhaust, and intake ports were produced specifically for the LT7. It’s all pretty unique.

Sports cars like the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 have iconic features that make it easy to identify as a Chevy Corvette. Built with a sleeker body with lower drag and a small spoiler, Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires wrap 20-inch front, and 21-inch rear wheels, and specific aerodynamic and cooling changes made into the overall design of the car, such as a flow-through hood. This helps more air enter the chamber with an air induction vent at the front of the car that enters the intercooler heat exchanger before entering the combustion chamber. Carbon fiber side profile air ducts help with integrated brake cooling by channeling clean, cool air through ducts and cooling the rear brakes. Really all kinds of ducts with a unique fresh air intake duct to the ZR1 that intakes air to keep the engine cool under all that pressure.

1,064 horsepower is a lot of power for a Corvette, and a powertrain like this also needs some powerful brakes for keeping the Chevy in control. Again, unique to the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, this brake system is made up of large rotors in the front and rear of the car, measuring up to 15.7-inch in diameter and 15.4-inch in diameter, respectively. Another record, this brake system is also the largest brake system ever equipped on a Corvette.

For the 2025 Corvette lineup, new colors have been added to the roster of choices, including Competition Yellow, Hysteria Purple, and Sebring Orange. Paying homage to the ZR1’s signature color cue, Edge Blue is one of the four finishes available for the wheel design. Inside, unique ZR1 badging can be found on an interior plaque, the sill plates, and the steering wheel. The upholstery comes with a new finishing stitch pattern for the doors, again, specific to the ZR1. Also paying respect to the automaker’s history, a boost gauge denoting the first factory turbocharged Corvette in the nameplate’s history is also found in the cockpit of the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.

The powerful Corvette ZR1 will enter production in 2025. No release date scheduled just yet, and we’re waiting on a price, but 2025 is still several months away. You can keep an eye on the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and other Chevrolet updates when you follow us on NowCar social media.

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