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Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

Car and Driver's instrumented test of a 2025 Corvette ZR1 with the ZTK package, on an unprepped surface.

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0–60 mph

2.20s

Car and Driver instrumented test, 2025 C8 ZR1 with ZTK package, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R, unprepped surface. Best launch described as 3500 rpm and 10 percent slip. Results omit a 1-foot rollout of 0.2 seconds. Chevrolet's 2.5-second claim for a ZR1 without the package is not this test.

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Why it's so fast

A car is fast when the force pushing it forward still beats the air, and when the tires and the gearing can use that force. A limiter is a different fact from an unlimited run.

  1. Drag and gearing

    Top speed is the balance point: thrust equals aerodynamic drag. The gearing has to still be pulling when the car gets there, or the engine falls off its power.

  2. What the sources signed

    A manufacturer claim, a magazine test and an electronic governor are not interchangeable. The measurement line says which one this page ranked.

A limited example is the Bugatti Chiron.

This is how the category works. A note written for this entry appears here once it is in the database.

Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 2.20sRanked figure

    0–60 mph. Car and Driver instrumented test, 2025 C8 ZR1 with ZTK package, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R, unprepped surface. Best launch described as 3500 rpm and 10 percent slip. Results omit a 1-foot rollout of 0.2 seconds. Chevrolet's 2.5-second claim for a ZR1 without the package is not this test.

    Verified
    Car and Driver (opens source in a new tab)
  2. 9.50sRanked figure

    Quarter mile. Same 2025 ZR1 ZTK test, unprepped surface, Cup 2 R. Quarter mile 9.5 seconds at 149 mph. Results omit a 1-foot rollout of 0.2 seconds.

    Verified
    Car and Driver (opens source in a new tab)
  3. 375km/h233mph104m/s202knRanked figure

    Top speed. Chevrolet's Papenburg two-way average for a factory-stock 2025 ZR1 on standard aero and Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires, Top Speed mode. Car and Driver and Road & Track both print 233 mph as that maximum. The Carbon Fiber Aero package claim (Car and Driver 225 mph, a separate MotorTrend line of 224 mph) is not stored. A 233.29 mph average is not stored.

    Claimed
    Chevrolet (opens source in a new tab)
  4. 6:50.763Ranked figure

    Nürburgring lap. June 2025. The day is not printed. Driver Brian Wallace. Chevrolet says the ZR1 was a US production-spec car with the track's required safety equipment, filed as prototype and pre-production because it is not sold in Europe. The Nürburgring prints 6:50.763. Road & Track prints 6:50.763 on the official full layout. This does not replace the ZR1's Papenburg top speed.

    Official
    General Motors (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Generation
C8
Model year
2025
Package
ZTK
Tires
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R

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