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While the world is waiting anxiously to know if the future Corvette C8 will really deliver 1,000 horsepower from its centrally placed engine, Hennessey has decided instead to carelessly improve the C7 , the latest version of the 'Vette with V8 engine front and rear wheel drive, pulling out as many horses as ever will have the C8. As we already know the ZR1 is impressive: 755 horses, almost a thousand Nm of torque, 0-100 in 2.8 seconds and so much downforce to make it effective even in the corners. Yet the American company found it weak, so he gave her an injection of power and malice. 800 horses? 900? 1,000? Nein, John Hennessey took the 6.2-liter V8 with volumetric compressor and brought it to 1,218 horsepower and 1,455 Nm of torque, all sent to the rear wheels. It seems only synonymous with big problems, yet the traction seems to be still a known concept since the performances speak of a 0-100 in 2.2 seconds, the quarter mile covered in 9.2 and a top speed of ...

Presented as the most powerful Corvette ever, the ZR1 keeps its label. The American supercar has tested itself on the Automotive Testing Papenburg , in Germany. It is a test circuit, four hours north of the Nurburgring , on which the car manufacturers test the maximum speeds. The track is a circular ring and to measure the official maximum speed it must be traveled in both directions. In favor of wind and with contrary wind. The maximum speed is calculated from their average. The ZR1 arrived at 214.88 mph in one of the tests, or 345.8 km / h. On the other occasion it was "stopped" at 210.20 miles, or 338.2 km / h. Its 755 HP are unleashed from the mighty 6.2-liter V8 , supported by an Eaton volumetric compressor. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h takes less than three seconds and the maximum speed declared before these tests was 337 km / h.  On the German circuit, the ZR1 was in standard trim, with the normal rear wing and not that of the ZTK perf...

Waiting for the official launch in spring, the new generation Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has proven its performance by downloading on the asphalt of the Virginia International Raceway the 765 hp and 968 Nm of maximum torque delivered by the 6.2 LT5 V8 engine.  On the 5.26 km track located at Alton (Virginia), the Corvette 's most successful and fastest variant has set a new record by stopping the clock at 2 minutes 37.25 seconds . A time that, in fact, exceeds the 2 minutes 38.62 seconds of the Ford GT , and 2 minutes 43.10 seconds of the Porsche 918 Spyder . The record was achieved thanks to the use of the extreme high-downforce package with showy front splitter and a bulky rear wing adjustable in carbon fiber that provides 430 kg of downforce. The configuration also makes use of the Magnetic Ride Control suspension and the Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires . The transmission combined with the engine is an 8-speed automatic. The new ZR1 represents the swan song o...