The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has been setting records all over the country and all around the world, and now its hybridized ZR1X big brother, which powers all four wheels, is taking some more. In a new video published by GM (embedded at the bottom of this article), Chevy has announced that the Corvette ZR1X has become the quickest American production car available, "and the fastest way to get down a quarter-mile drag strip for under a million dollars." For the record (ha), the ZR1X starts at $209,700. With that out of the way, let's see what incredible feats of performance the supercar can claim.
The ZR1X's Quarter-Mile Time is Eye-Popping
The ZR1X took to the US 131 Motorsports Park drag strip in October last year, and on a prepared surface, the supercar ran the quarter mile in just 8.675 seconds with an exit speed of 159 mph. Chevy says this was achieved on pump gas, using standard Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires and production 50-state street-legal engine calibration, and with a 0-60 mph time of just 1.68 seconds on the same run. It got to 60 mph in less than 100 feet, generating a peak of 1.75G as it did so. As this was an acceleration run and not a lap record attempt, the ZR1X in question was equipped with the standard aero setup, so no big wing or dive planes from the Carbon Fiber Aero Package (which, by the way, can generate over 1,200 lbs of downforce). With Corvette development engineer and test driver Stefan Frick behind the wheel, the ZR1X "completed multiple back-to-back quarter-mile runs all under 8.8 seconds." On an unprepped surface, Chevy says the ZR1X with ZTK Performance Package can do the quarter-mile in 8.99 seconds, hitting 60 mph from rest in 1.89 seconds.
How the ZR1X's Quarter-Mile Time Compares
Quarter Mile | Trap Speed | 0-60 mph | Starting MSRP | |
Corvette ZR1X | 8.675 seconds | 159 mph | 1.68 seconds | $209,700 |
Rimac Nevera R | 7.9 seconds | 186 mph | 1.66 seconds | $2.5 million |
Pininfarina Battista | 8.55 seconds | 155 mph | 1.79 seconds | $2.2 million |
Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut | 8.77 seconds | 185 mph | 2.4 seconds | $3.4 million |
Bugatti Tourbillon | 8.8 seconds | 176 mph | 1.9 seconds | $4.6 million |
Lucid Air Sapphire | 8.95 seconds | 158 mph | 1.89 seconds | $249,000 |
Chevy's time makes vastly more expensive hypercars look almost pedestrian, competing with even the almighty Rimac Nevera R, as well as the similarly underpinned Pininfarina Battista, both of which are more than 10 times as expensive. The ZR1X also beats the Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut, the upcoming Bugatti Tourbillon (which is more than 21 times pricier), and the all-electric Lucid Air Sapphire. The Nevera R makes 2,078 horsepower, the Pininfarina Battista produces 1,874 hp, and the Koenigsegg Jesko and Bugatti Tourbillon make up to 1,600 and 1,775 hp, respectively. The only "regular" car Chevy compares to, the Lucid Air Sapphire, is a rapid EV making 1,234 hp. By comparison, the ZR1X makes a total of 1,250 hp from its 1,064-hp 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 and a 186-hp electric motor on the front axle. Phenomenal, but just imagine what the car will do once aftermarket tuners get their grubby paws on it...
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