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With GM hotshoe Jan Magnussen in the cockpit of Zee Really fast One , the General's hypercar trimmed a staggering four seconds off its previous record-breaking lap time, bringing in a 7:22.4 lap around the 13-mile circuit. Although blisteringly quick, the ZR1's new time still falls short of the Viper ACR's best time of 7:22.1. We don't expect this glorious arms race to end anytime soon — not that we'd ever want these warriors of the raceway to quit duking it out. Guess it depends on whomever ends up owning the Viper brand . galleryPost('ZR1reviewtrack', 6, 'Corvette ZR1 On the Track'); [ MotorGears ]
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GM has released UK pricing for the Corvette ZR1 at £109,000 — roughly equivalent to $200,167, or about OMG,WTFBBQ,NFW,ROFLCOPTER!!1! in internet dollars. If you aren't a very good forex trader, or one of the eleven remaining hedge fund managers with a job, there's no reason for you to read this if you live in Britain, unless of course you're one of those creepy self-flagellating monks from the Da Vinci Code. In any of the above cases, it sucks to be you, and us 'mericans will happily keep our 638 HP mega-Vette all to ourselves. [ Carscoop ]
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Not counting the cars brought over to test on the Nurburgring, this is the first Corvette ZR1 in Europe. So what would you do with a 205 MPH car and a stretch of Autobahn with no speed limit? Exactly. Sure, they only hit about 192 MPH, but for an impromptu run with a fair amount of traffic on the road, that's stupid fast. Video below the jump. [via autoblog.nl ]
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We thought the Corvette Z06 cop car the Royal Oak PD is sporting for the Woodward Dream Cruise was impressive. But now they're rolling out the bigger guns with a Corvette ZR1 police car. The cop driving this 'Vette is exactly 26.3% more bad-ass than the Johnny Law in that weak-sauce Z06. Now you hooligans have to roll out some real hardware to even think about keeping up with the boys in blue, much less escaping in the blistering 3 MPH speeds seen at the Dream Cruise. And yes, we were getting the shakes: There were no fresh ZR1 stories for like, 37 seconds. galleryPost('zr1cops', 6, 'ZR1 Dons Another Kind Of Blue Badge');
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We were cruising Woodward a couple minutes ago, scoping things out for spontaneous conflagrations of coolness, and we got way more than we bargained for. Parked outside the Dairy Deluxe, an ice cream parlor staple along the Ave, was a pair of Corvette ZR1 s. So of course, like moths to a flame we descended for picture taking. Only thing is, the ZR1's kept coming, in all, five of the super-Vettes had been driven in by various members of the GM engineering squad, and that wasn't all we saw, we discovered the unofficial mascot of the ZR1 — he's blue, he has horns, and his name is Elwood. Get it? Jake and Elwood, like the Blues Brothers. Jump for more. galleryPost('elwood', 3, 'Jake Begets Elwood'); galleryPost('zr1icecream', 3, 'ZR1 Posse Takes An Ice Cream Break'); The "Jake" logo originally born of the Corvette C5R racing program has been officially nixed from all ZR1 activities. That doesn't mean the GM Design Studio couldn't...
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GM's endowed webshow Garage 419 with a considerable amount of track footage of the soon-to-be outed Corvette ZR1 shot at VIRginia International Raceway. One none-too-surprising observation: at full bore, the kompressor'd LS9 sounds just spacey enough to play the lead role in a movie version of OutRun 2019 (that's Quantum Redshift to you, youngsters). Still, while we're all for the ZR-1's lightness calculus and considerable horsepower, that engine cover -- as seen through the hood window -- looks like the inside of a Hamilton Beach panini maker. We'd have been satisfied with a shaker hood and a feathered roach clip hanging from the rear-view. [ Garage 419 ] galleryPost('2009ChevroletCorvetteZR1P', 6, '2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 In Blue');
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Although you'll be able to see it for yourself if you're in town for the Detroit Auto Show next month (or watch the coverage live here on Jalopnik!), you still won't be able to see the new 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 the way we're showing it to you right now. If you'll remember, we were the first to show you the unofficial shots of the new 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1's beautiful 620+ HP LS9 engine . Next we brought you the in-cockpit camera footage of the ZR1 taking a lap at Laguna . Then we had the opportunity to show off all of the pictures and details on the new up-powered Corvette ZR1 . Now we're going to go a little bit more in-depth, showing off all the little bits n' pieces of the supercharged small-block V8 engine under the hood of Zee-Really fast One. Above, you'll find the LS9 completely exploded and below, you'll find all the little bits n' pieces in the detail you know you need. Specific press release on the LS9 below the jump. galleryPost...
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newVideoPlayer("CorvetteZR1Harlan_gawker.flv", 475, 376); Man, myth and long curly-haired legend -- Harlan Charles is the man behind the team that brought you the newly revealed 620+ HP 2009 Corvette ZR1 . We've had the opportunity to spend time with Harlan "Corvette Commander" Charles in the past, and he's always got something new to say about the 'Vette -- whether it's wearing a devilish blue stripe, or something more mundane. Without further -- you know, stuff -- here's Charles giving us a quick minute on the new shiny parts on the new super-Vette. At the Detroit Auto Show next month we'll sit down with the product manager for something more in-depth. He doesn't know that yet, but trust us, we will. galleryPost('2009ChevroletCorvetteZR1P', 6, '2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1');
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newVideoPlayer("CorvetteZR1HotLap_gawker.flv", 475, 276); var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Inside_the_650_HP_Corvette_ZR1_during_hot_lap_at_Laguna'; A few weeks back we broke the new the new up-powered model of the 'vette we've been talking about at length for the past year now -- the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 -- would be taking a hot lap or two around the track at Laguna Seca. We knew we'd get some pictures of the hot lap -- even posting a contest on it -- and we hoped for some video . What we didn't know was that the passenger of the ZR1 would be holding a camcorder. So, thanks to our friends at Corvette Quarterly, here's the exclusive video of the hot lap 'round Laguna Seca with Corvette racer Johnny O'Connell. It's epic and we think we just may have wet ourselves. While we clean up, we'll let you take a gander -- and listen to the sweet, sweet engine sounds. We certainly don't think you'll be seeing a look at the new...
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