Watch The New Corvette ZR1 Claim An Official 212mph Top Speed
It’s perfectly possible that you’ve been wondering just how fast the new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is. Today we can bring you your answer: very.
In this official company test at the massive testing oval in Papenburg, Germany, the car averaged an incredible 212mph across two runs. The heavily banked course is a different speed-testing venue to the one used by Top Gear and James May in their Bugatti Veyron film over a decade ago.
The American animal, all bonnet bulges, spoilers and flared wheel arches, is powered by a 6.2-litre supercharged LT5 V8 that prods the rear wheels with an ample 755bhp at 6300rpm and 715lb ft at 4400rpm. There’s a choice of seven-speed manual or eight-speed automatic transmissions.
The speed limiter is set to 215mph because that’s the maximum the tyres can officially take. Faster is possible with enough space, says Chevrolet. Sit back and check out what those sorts of speeds look like from a camera mounted inches off the road surface. Spoiler alert: it’s pretty hypnotic.
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It is surely a speedy speed boi
If you just take out the guy in the passenger seat, that is 150 pounds of weight that you can reduce and be able to hit that perfect 215 mph
Weight doesn’t really affect top speed
EDIT: Yes, it does a little, but barely. That’s why I said “doesn’t really”. Rolling resistance is virtually negligible at these speeds - drag is by far the main factor.
Ford GT is 212 too right?
The ford gt also has 105 less horse power
The new one is 216 isn’t it
So, why don’t they remove the passenger because WEIGHT REDUCTION BROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Title says 212 video thumbclip says 214
#clickbaif jkjk
yet, its smoked by 570s ..
This is cool but im thinking on the C8 already.
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