0-60 in 2.1 Seconds and a 9.2-second quarter mile at 155 MPH. The makers of million-dollar hypercars would be thrilled if the nation’s automotive publication of record achieved those numbers in their limited-production playthings for the ultra-wealthy but, for General Motors’ new semi-working class halo car, they felt like Usain Bolt only running a 9.9; disappointment and grounds for a retest.
This week the same exact ZR1X from the previous test was delivered back to the offices of Car and Driver wearing a fresh set of Michelins, ready to prove that it could set a few new C&D records. It succeeded.
While the old numbers made it the second fastest ICE car ever tested after the Ferrari SF90 to 60 and behind the Bugatti Chiron Super Sport at 1,320 feet, it’s new marks are overall records; faster than any gas OR electric vehicles the magazine has ever strapped its equipment to.
The retest shaved an incredible .3 from the previous 0-60 to set a new mark at a blistering 1.8 seconds, pushing the previous tie between a pair of electrics – Lucid Air Sapphire and Porsche Taycan Turbo GT – into second place by .1 of a tick.
In the quarter, the ZR1X was even more impressive, becoming the first production vehicle to ever trap in the 8s with an official ET of 8.9 seconds at the same 155 mph as the car’s previous run. That stunning result beats another two-way tie between the previously mentioned $4MM Bugatti and Lucid that both stopped the clock in 9.1 (the EV trapped at an equal 155, while the quad-turbo monster was hauling the mail at 161!).
Everything in-between the start and finish lines, and even beyond, is equally remarkable. Twenty years ago, the world marveled as the C6 Z06 sprinted to 60 in just 3.6 seconds, the ZR1X hits 100 in 3.7! The 755 horsepower 2019 ZR1 got to those same three digits in 6 seconds flat. The new fastest ‘Vette (fastest anything, actually) is already past 130 (5.9 sec.) and heading to 140 at that same point on the timer. 150 MPH, a mark that the current 670-horse Z06 takes 15.2 to eclipse – arrives in just 8.3 seconds.
It’s also noteworthy that the X was optioned with the high-drag wing of the ZTK track package, meaning there’s – somehow – probably more in it, especially at the top end, where numbers that aren’t even worth publishing for pervious Corvettes, look easy in the hybrid super ‘Vette. 170 takes 11.8, and, 190 – when the aero is making dangerously close to its 1,200 lbs. of max downforce – is done in 20.3 seconds. For some context, when the revolutionary LS1 hit the scene in 1997 C5, it could muscle its way to 130 in 20.5. We’ll say it again; what a time to be alive!
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Car and Driver
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No wonder that Jay Leno looks a little concerned when he squeezes the throttle in his ZR1X. I hope that I’ll be able to get a ZR1X allocation in time before the C9 comes out.
No matter what it turns out to be, I am not interested in a C9. Every time a new Corvette model comes out, you have to get on a list for several years before you can order one. So, figure it’s going to take 5 years to get a C9 – even a base model. Then there will be other variants like: “C9 Grand Sport, C9 Grand Sport X, C9 Z06, C9 ZR1, C9 ZR1X…”, so add a few more years if you want anything more than a base model.
Would be nice if you’d leave an Asterix next to things when you’re actually showing one foot roll out times and not actual starting from 0 mph. Unless you actually are in which case my bad! But I seem to remember you saying a while back that your new standard of timing is 1 ft roll out meaning that you’re not actually ever starting at zero miles an hour anymore. I guess starting at zero just isn’t impressive enough anymore.