US EditionThe Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Rewrites American Performance
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Corvette ZR1X Redefines Straight-Line Performance With Sub-9-Second Quarter Mile
Chevrolet’s latest Corvette has delivered a performance benchmark that reshapes expectations for production cars, particularly those priced far below the hypercar class. The Corvette ZR1X has now recorded a quarter-mile time of 8.675 seconds at 159 mph, achieved on pump gas and standard street tires during final validation testing.The run places the ZR1X among the fastest accelerating production vehicles ever tested and, according to General Mot…
It was known that Chevrolet was preparing something serious, but perhaps not at this point. With its full transmission and stratospheric power, the Corvette ZR1X had just signed a historic performance shared by Jalopnik. A chrono pulverized by a Corvette ZR1X At the time of its presentation, the promise was clear. The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X had to descend under nine seconds on the quarter mile (about 400 meters). An already impressive announcem…
Corvette ZR1X, America's Quickest Production Car, Does 8.675-Second Quarter Mile
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X completed the quarter mile in 8.675 seconds at 159 mph during an October test session at a west Michigan drag strip. // Photo courtesy of Chevrolet The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X completed the quarter mile in 8.675 seconds at 159 mph on pump gas using standard-equipment tires and a production 50-state street-legal engine calibration. It also achieved a 0-60 mph time of 1.68 seconds on the same run. The test, which took p…
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Rewrites American Performance
A New Reference Point for Speed The moment a production car dips into territory once reserved for experimental prototypes and seven-figure hypercars, the conversation around performance shifts. With the 2026… The post The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Rewrites American Performance appeared first on stupidDOPE
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Is Officially America's Quickest Production Car
When Chevrolet deemed the Corvette ZR1X a “true American hypercar,” the automaker wasn’t kidding. The most extreme ‘Vette yet already set the lap record for a U.S.-made ride at the Nurburgring last year. Now, the ZR1X has just officially laid claim to America’s quickest production car title after clocking a 0-60 mph time of 1.68 seconds to surpass the previous record holder, the all-electric Lucid Air Sapphire, which completed the acceleration b…
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X is officially the fastest-accelerating production American car ever made.
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