Corvettes for Sale: Pre-Production C7 Corvette ZR1 with 76K Miles Offered for Close to MSRP

Rarely could $150,000 be considered a bargain in the attainable supercar world of the Chevrolet Corvette, but the 2019 ZR1 isn’t just any Corvette. As the final version released with the engine out front and the last one available with a manual transmission, it’s one of the most historically significant models in recent memory. As a one-year-only proposition with fewer than 3,000 extant, it is exceedingly rare. And with 755 supercharged horsepower, a 212.54 mph top speed, and up to 950 lbs. of downforce (all front-engine ‘Vette records), it still has more than enough bite to back up the bark of its intangibles.

Of course, even with a then-record price for a Corvette, that perfect storm of scarcity, importance, and performance made the C7 King of the Hill a monarch of appreciation as well. The majority of the 2019 ZR1s minted stickered somewhere between $140,000 and $145,000, but properly optioned examples quickly shot up near the quarter-million-dollar mark, and that was only the beginning. Last year, alone, Bring a Trailer registered three sales in excess of $270k, then set a new site record of $340,000 this month, while Mecum’s auction of the last C7 ZR1 hammered for a staggering $410,000 – plus fees!

The swan song for the beloved C7 generation and original-layout Corvettes has become a bona fide superstar in the collector car space, leaving even the upper echelon of traditional ‘Vette clients gasping for air in its rear-fascia-melting wake. But, every once in a great while, the market offers up an opportunity to turn back the clock and get in on the sure-thing Corvette at 2019 prices, but, like all too good to be true situations, it usually comes with a catch. One such occasion is going on right now thanks to Tim Lally Chevrolet of Cleveland, Ohio.

TLC is in possession of pre-production ZR1 009, a rarely seen Captured Test Fleet unit dressed in Corvette Racing Yellow. Along with what appears to be a more aggressive aftermarket front splitter, it features the two collector cat-nip options – the ZTK Track Package and the 7-speed manual – to go with matching yellow brake calipers, Carbon Flash wheels, chrome badges, and carbon fiber interior trim, but, somewhat strangely, is lacking Competition Sport seats, instead saddled with base thrones that look mighty flat for a car that pulled 1.18 g’s on Car and Driver’s skidpad.

Unfortunately, a minor nit-pick about the seats isn’t the price-crashing downside of this wonderfully spec’d specimen of arguably the most desirable Corvette of all time; it’s the mileage. This dead ringer for the stunner that Motor Trend tracked with its DOHC grandfather under gorgeously ominous skies has amassed more than 76,000 miles – which translates to roughly the distance to Neptune in ‘Vette speak – since leaving Bowling Green. As a “pre-pro” CTF car, some of those early miles were probably amassed under pretty extreme conditions, to boot, but come on! Whatever they threw at it, was child’s play for the dual-injection LT5 and its massive 2.65-liter, 14 psi blower, and we aren’t likely to see another one of these fire-breathing unicorns anywhere close to $150,000 any time soon. If you can swing that still impressive sum but wouldn’t feel comfortable over $200k, this might be your last chance; time to strike while the iron is hot!

Source:
timlally.com

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