"2025 corvette zr1 smashes speed records — here’s its top speed equipped with a twin-turbo 5.5l v8 producing 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb-ft of torque...

By R.C.
tuesday, october 15, 2024 at 11:04:02 p.m. edt

"2025 corvette zr1 smashes speed records — here's its top speed equipped with a twin-turbo 5.5l v8 producing 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb-ft of torque, the 2025 corvette zr1 challenges the world's fastest hypercars with a jaw-dropping top speed.

https://www.autoblog.com/news/2025-corvette-zr1-smashes-speed-records-heres-its-top-speed

I read in another fanboy publication that the new corvette zr-1 drinks like 8 gallons of gasoline per minute at 200 mph! https://www.bing.com/search?FORM=U523DF&PC=U523&q=ZR1+hit+a+top+speed+of+233+mph

https://news.gm.com/home.detail.html/Pages/topic/us/en/2024/oct/1015-zr1-barber.html



"the inside story on the corvette zr1's record speed run"

"lead development engineer Chris Barber explains how gm achieved 233 mph in a factory-stock 2025 corvette zr1.

news.gm.com

"coming off the banked curve and onto the 2.5-mile straightaway on the test track in Papenburg, germany, the driver put his foot to the floor. seconds later, the zr1—with general motors president Mark Reuss behind the wheel—hit a top speed of 233 mph.

R.C.: Mark Reuss is an engineer by training.

German American.

On a german test track.

Say, by making American cars great again, does it follow that this presages #MakingAmericaGreatAgain?

Asking for a friend.

P.S.: You could make it from dallas to Austin in an hour in this car.