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Once again, General Motors has made history.
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The 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR One recently became
the fastest car ever built by a US
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auto manufacturer and the driver was none other
than GM.
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President Mark Royce.
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The GM team traveled to Germany’s high speed
oval track at a TP automotive testing facility
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in Papenburg and reached a two way average
speed of 233 MPH.
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They clock you both ways and take an average to
account for the wind.
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PBG provides ideal conditions for a high speed
test like temperature and air density.
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The ZR One is now the fastest current
production car priced under $1 million and the
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fastest factory stock Corvette on Earth.
According to the company,
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the 2025 ZR One is expected to start around
$180,000 and go up to $205,000.
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According to car and driver in 2020 Corvette
moved to a mid engine architecture and the ZR
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One has the most powerful V eight engine ever
produced by a domestic manufacturer.
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The ZR One set the record with a standard
chassis and aero package as well.
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As a standard spoiler, carbon fiber, ground
effects, Michelin pilot sport four S tires and
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aluminum wheels.
However, a top speed mode was exclusively
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developed for closed course use the setting
adjusts chassis control systems for max speed.
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During the development process, Chevy’s
engineers relied heavily on GM software
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modeling and hardware expertise during Royce’s
record setting run,
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an engineer was actually in the passenger seat
analyzing data in real time.
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The ZR One reached 233 MPH with the engine at
the red line in sixth gear.
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And the achievement didn’t just happen once.
According to GM five engineers using both ZR
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One development cars on site topped 230 MPH.
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It was just an incredible day at the office,
Corvette ZR One lead development engineer,
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Chris Barber said, quote, this car actually
over achieved.
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He added, we actually didn’t think 233 MPH was
in the cards when development started on the C
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eight generation Corvette, the goal was 220 MPH
in testing.
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The car exceeded expectations.
So the team pushed the top speed objective to
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230 MPH.
Once again, this is the most powerful factory
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built V eight engine from an auto manufacturer
in the United States.
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The ZR One has a 5.5 L twin turbocharged V
eight that can generate 1064 horsepower at
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7000 R PM and 828 ft pounds of torque at 6000 R
PM.
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GM says the ZR One has an estimated sub 12th
quarter mile time.
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Royce called the record breaking attempt.
Quotes an exhilarating surreal experience.
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I’m David Manti.
This is manufacturing now.
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Holy crap.
That’s fast.