Corvette ZR-1 first drive

[polarbear]

http://jalopnik.com/5037293/2009-corvette-zr1-first-drive

"The 2009 Corvette ZR1 is the best car ever made. It redefines what performance cars are capable of, not by its numbers (the 0-to-60 in 3.3 seconds and a 205 MPH top speed figures are no longer noteworthy north of $100,000), but by how it makes those numbers so accessible. Simply put, the ZR1's most remarkable achievement is how easy and unintimidating the chassis makes exploiting the car's 638 HP. The only problem is I'm not good enough a driver to fully do so."

 

[1970Custom]

They still exempt from the guzzler tax?

 

[Skandocious]

Holy smokes.... I can't even fathom what 0-60 in 3.3 seconds feels like.

Some day Chris... Some day you'll have awesome super fast cars

 

[polarbear]

They still exempt from the guzzler tax?

Not on this one, although 24 mpg highway ain't bad. Not bad at all for a car that set a lap record at Nurburgring.

 

[F 150Cobra]

WOW!! its faster then the new Lamborghini Reventon that costs 1.6 million haha! 0-60 3.4 seconds and only 20 will be made EVER,,

lets not forget the bugati 0-60 in 2.8 :O

corvette is right up there with them good work!!

 

[TheRoadVirus]

F'n awesome. I want.

 

[Blue Goose]

ZR1 tears up Nurburgring

 

[Blue Goose]

See Chevy build the ZR1 supercar

 

[1970Custom]

Not on this one, although 24 mpg highway ain't bad. Not bad at all for a car that set a lap record at Nurburgring.

I thought 24mpg was exemption range...

 

[O'Rattlecan]

Brad, think he would have gone faster if he didn't have the A/C on?

Ryan

 

[polarbear]

BTW- i haven't seen an invoice or winddow sticker to a ZR1, so i can't vouh whether it does or doesn't carry a gas-guzzler surcharge. If it does, it'll be the first Corvette to do so (even the Z06 doesn't).

 

[polarbear]

ZR1 tears up Nurburgring

If anyone hasn't seen those videos, they're worth a peek. What's really amazing is how quickly the car jumps from 60ish to 170ish... and makes it look stoopidly easy.

 

[Blue Goose]

Corvette ZR1 Independently Dynos 530 Rear-Wheel Horsepower

 

[O'Rattlecan]

holy cow...

Ernie, how much of a deal can you cut on one of those? Do you have a 'student discount'?

Ryan