A Fully Loaded Corvette ZR1 Costs Nearly $240,000

No person stated the brand new Corvette ZR1 was going to be low-cost. The ZR1 coupe begins at $174,995 with vacation spot, whereas the hardtop convertible prices $184,995. However these costs are for a base ZR1 earlier than the seemingly countless quantity of choices Chevrolet shoehorned into its newly printed on-line configurator.

Shifting as much as both of the 3LZ trims—which provides higher seats, higher leather-based, extra cameras, a 12.0-inch digital instrument cluster, and lots extra—the ZR1 3LZ coupe begins at $185,995 with vacation spot, whereas the 3LZ convertible is $195,995 earlier than choices. And like I stated, the choices are plentiful.

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The costliest possibility you may add to your Corvette ZR1 are the staggered 20- and 21-inch carbon fiber wheels. They price a cool $13,995. After that, the Carbon Fiber Aero bundle—which provides the high-wing rear spoiler, dive planes, and a tall hood spoiler—is $8,495. Including the ZTK Monitor Efficiency bundle tacks on Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires and a specifically tuned suspension with Magnetic Journey Management for an additional $1,500. It ought to be famous you can’t have the ZTK Monitor Efficiency bundle with out the Carbon Fiber Aero bundle (however you may hold the Carbon Fiber Aero bundle by itself).

From there, Chevrolet presents all the pieces from painted brakes and chrome badging to carbon fiber mirror caps, racing stripes, and black exhaust ideas. In case your driveway is especially steep, you most likely additionally need the $2,595 Entrance Raise possibility.

A full carbon fiber inside is $4,995 however fiber sill plates are an additional $1,995. The Competitors sport bucket seats will set you again $500, whereas the carbon fiber and microfiber efficiency steering wheel is an additional $695. Coloured seat belts and customized seat stitching are $495 every. You possibly can even spend further to get the Corvette Racing “Jake” brand ground mats or the “Jake” brand stamped into your trunk liner, if you happen to so please.

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Chevrolet presents supply on the Corvette Museum in Kentucky as an possibility for $1,495.

Not together with the museum supply (and a few minor dealer-installed equipment), our calculations put the most costly Corvette ZR1 3LZ Convertible at $238,385. For a ZR1 3LZ Coupe with all the identical choices, you’ll be a minimum of $232,755—give or take a couple of hundred bucks.

That will sound like some huge cash, however contemplate this: A comparable 2025 Porsche 911 GT3 RS begins at $224,495. The Ford Mustang GTD is anticipated to start out at about $325,000. And the Lamborghini Revuelto is in one other stratosphere fully at $612,852.

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The brand new ZR1 outmuscles most of these vehicles with a twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8 making 1,064 horsepower and 828 pound-feet of torque, which sends it to 60 miles per hour in simply 2.3 seconds and on to a high pace of 233 miles per hour. The ZR1 additionally just lately racked up fast-lap data at a few of America’s finest tracks, together with Street America and Virginia Worldwide Raceway, the place it took down former document holders just like the Porsche 911 GT3 and McLaren Senna.

So sure, $238,000 is some huge cash—but it surely looks like a comparatively small sum to pay for a automobile with that a lot efficiency.

Right here’s the complete listing of ZR1 choices: