[VIDEO] GM Teases an Even Crazier C8 Corvette Variant than the ZR1X

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Has this not been one of the most interesting few weeks for Corvette? We’ve got the new 1064-hp ZR1 finally in customers hands, the 1250-hp Corvette ZR1X has been revealed, and now we have been waiting not-so patiently for whatever kind of time that will come with the team’s testing of three Corvette C8s (Z06, ZR1, ZR1X) at the Nürburgring.

Now we’ve had a bunch of statements coming from Executive Chief Engineer Tony Roma who has been in Europe for the last couple of weeks as he attending the C8’s time trials at the Ring, watching the Nürburgring 24H Race, and then over to jolly old England for the E-Ray presentation at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed. He’s attempted to tamp down on some of the wild expectations about setting the production car record. But it’s his latest statements in which he tells us that perhaps something even more wicked is about to come our way.

From TopGear.com:

“Speed is only relevant these days for bragging rights. For a car to have a certain amount of provenance, we have to offer a version of that car that’s capable of doing those silly numbers. The ZR1’s top speed attempt was not in expectation that our customers would ever repeat it, or even get remotely close, because you can’t legally do that.

“We had to go through a lot of testing to set that speed: travel to Papenburg, hire the track for three days, get a bunch of mechanics over and so on. But the fact that the car has proven it can do it is precisely why people buy cars like this. Having the crazy lap times and ridiculous acceleration is part of what makes these cars what they are.

“So I think we are going to continue to make the car faster for those bragging rights, because our customers appreciate that. It’s the same with any performance car manufacturer – we push each other with Nürburgring lap times for that reason.”

For Corvette fans, this excitement is palpable. It’s hard to believe that the 1250-hp ZR1X is not the range topper…it is just another level of Corvette performance in a thrilling game of automotive innovation. It’s now that we remember that comment about Doug DeMuro saying the ZORA would be 1400-hp so perhaps he was on to something.

Our friend Mike Brink also has good comments on these developments and more. The crazy thing is we are talking about a ZORA when it seems to us the logical step for the team would be the Grand Sport. But these comments are from the Chief Engineer so we’ll take him at his word!

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