Chevy has made no secret that it benchmarks the C8 Corvette against the best competition the rest of the world has to offer.
But those European carmakers apparently won’t be able to challenge the most powerful variant ever of America’s Sports Car on their home turf, at least according to published reports on the internet.
Anonymous sources tell GM Authority that GM won’t be selling its forthcoming 1,064-horsepower 2025 ZR1 in Europe next year when it goes on sale.
No official confirmation of that alleged decision has been made by GM, though Road & Track magazine did get this quote from spokesperson Trevor Tompkins: “We have shared Corvette ZR1 will be available in our North American and Middle East markets.” Hmmm, definitely no mention of Europe there.
That choice could be considered somewhat surprising since the Stingray, Z06, and E-Ray are being offered in Europe, but then again, not really since stricter emissions regulations are slated to take effect in Europe next year. GM may figure it’s just not worth the time, effort, and money needed to certify the ZR1 for what would likely be only a handful of sales.
Current regulations have already seen the Z06’s output in Europe sliced by 34 horsepower and 21 lb-ft of torque due to the more restrictive exhaust required there.
The ZR1 likely would suffer the same fate if sold there.
The good news is that the decision to leave out of the ZR1 market, if true, would just mean more cars would be available for American customers.
Source:
GM Authority via roadandtrack.com
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Ya, never did get why any other countries should get these cars, maybe the standard Stingray but why any of the performance models. Especially Japan, European clowns don’t deserve such a vehicle. It won’t fit on most of the streets anyway lol.
Words from an european-corvette-lover
Thank you for the Japan, European clowns!
I think especially europeans are shurely the better drivers and more oriented to the higher performance cars as americans who 98% are driving around town or on straight and endless highways.
And anyway, to sell a ZR1 that would shure have a steep price would be very tough to comprtr against the Supercars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, McLaren etc.
It is still a Corvette that has had not the best quality-nimbus in Europe in years before the C8 came. Also the whole selling structure with its steady-changin import-structure does not help for confidence.
Forget the EU. They are busy trying to save VW and Porsche and to do so they are just going to triple the current import tariffs completely distorting the Chevrolet model of selling value.
A C8 Z06 sticker in the EU starts at 250K so just do some math on that for the ZR1.
Like stated above. EU has the sporty beetle and Lambo to keep afloat. They should be content with that.
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