► Chevrolet goes hypercar baiting
► 1250bhp, sub-2.0 second 0-62mph time
► Oh, and it’s a hybrid
Not content with chasing European sports and supercars, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X is going after the hypercar elite. Not content with offering over 1,000bhp in the twin-turbo ZR1, the ZR1X adds the hybrid system from the E-Ray for some truly bonkers numbers.
How does 1,250bhp of total system output, nearly 1,000Ib ft of torque and a sub-2.0 second 0-62mph sound? Should you like to live life a quarter mile at a time, its expected to drop below 9.0 seconds for that metric with a peak speed of 150mph.
How does it make the Ferrari SF90 and Lamborghini Revuelto look positively malnourished? It starts with a 5.5-litre flat-plane crank V8 with double overhead camshafts and a pair of 76mm turbos. That means no lazy responses here, with the engine alone producing 1,064bhp at 7,000rpm and 828 Ib ft of torque at a heady 6,000rpm.
Up front is an uprated version of the E-Ray’s electric motor with 186bhp and 145Ib ft all on its own that operates at up to 160mph and drives the front wheels. Combined with some trick anti-lag tech on the V8, it should mean a responsive throttle pedal regardless of speed and revs. The battery is a tiddly 1.9kWh and can’t be charged from the mains.
Two chassis configurations are available, a road-biased standard chassis on Michelin Pilot Sport 4S rubber, or the ZTK Performance Package that brings stiffer spring (and presumably damper) rates. ZTK cars get a lairy aero kit as standard that produces 544kg of downforce at top speed.
Like other 2026 ‘Vettes, the interior gets a tickle and finally ditches the thin row of buttons on the driver/passenger separator. That said, I still see electric window controls that wouldn’t look out of place on a worn-smooth Florida rental-spec Malibu.
As the regular C8 Corvette and the raucous Z06 have already impressed us greatly here at CAR, we can’t wait to get our hands on the ZR1X.