CorvSport Finds The Best Videos And Pictures Of The New 2025 Corvette ZR1

Have you had time to come up for air after the mind-blowing unveiling of the 1,064 HP tarmac-tearing 2025 ZR1? From the video where Tadge Juechter talks about the ZR1 burning up “a lot of dynos” to TheStraightPipes’ fastest ZR1 high-speed run to date, there certainly is no lack of excitement!

In today’s 2025 ZR1 feature, we’ll give you a quick overview of this remarkable 1,064 HP creation, show you the coolest new pictures you may have missed, highlight some of the best videos to date, and finish up with our CorvSport ZR1 archives, in case you need a review of the events leading up to this historical moment for the Corvette brand.

1) 2025 Corvette ZR1 Overview

Powertrain: A flat-plane crank (FPC) twin-turbocharged 5.5 liter LT7,
Power: A whopping 1,064 HP with 828 lb-ft of torque! Record milestone numbers for the brand.
Performance: “Significantly faster than 212 mph” and “under a 10-second quarter mile,”
Pricing: Car and Driver reports a starting price in the range of $180,000 to $205,000,
Transmission: A “strengthened” 8-speed TREMEC DCT (from Stingray & Z06),
Dry Weights: 3,670 lbs (Coupe) and 3,758 lbs (Convertible)
Availability: The 2025 model year is confirmed.
Torque Monster: Nearly all its torque, 800 lb-ft, is available from 3,000 to 6,500 RPMs!
The first turbocharged Corvette ever!
The first factory Corvette to surpass 1,000 HP!
The most powerful V8 ever produced in America by an auto manufacturer.
No electric motors are on the front wheels; speculation is the hybrid will be reserved for the ZORA.
There is an 8000 RPM redline (down 600 from the C8 Z06’s LT6 to accommodate the turbos).
According to Tadge Juechter, the LT7 has numerous engineering upgrades, including thicker forged titanium rods, and there is no cylinder deactivation.
The iconic Split Window design is back!

2) Some Cool Pictures You May Have Missed

From the unveiling at the Bowling Green Assembly Plant:

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*All the above images are credited to the National Corvette Museum

From “Around the Net” (sourced from Corvette Forum):

3) The Best Videos To Date

The Official Full 2025 ZR1 Miami Unveiling From Chevrolet

Corvette Insider: An Overview From Corvette Chief Engineer Josh Holder

A Quick One With a ZR1 Cold Start And Some High Revs

All The ZR1 Details With Tadge Juechter: “We’ve burned up a lot of dynos…”

[5:17] Soon-to-be-retiring Tadge Juechter recounts the challenge of 1000+ HP on GM’s dynos:

“We’ve burned up a lot of dynos. We actually had to put in new dynos for the C7 for the 755 horsepower. Nobody ever imagined we’d be operating in that range, so we actually put in new dynos. And they were thinking, ‘oh these are good for a thousand [horsepower].’ Well, we turned out we needed more than that. So yeah, this engine ripped up the dynos pretty good. So there’s parallel development of the engine and the dyno infrastructure here at General Motors. In fact, one engine escaped the dyno. It tore itself off the stand, it became completely displaced, actually breaking its moorings and so we had to repair the dyno. The engine was fine…put it back on the dyno and continued our work. We had re-engineered a lot of the support systems for the engine.”

The Finale: TheStraightPipes Reaches The Fastest Top Speed To Date

A stunning 207 mph was reached at Milford Proving Grounds with Corvette Engineer Aaron Link at the helm.

The Full Video

4) CorvSport 2025 ZR1 Archives (Newest First)

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