ZR1X Announced

[roket]

my guess as to one of the reasons they didn't name the production model "Zora" is because that name is already widely associated with the race of fish people from The Legend of Zelda series, and Nintendo is infamous for being very, very aggressive with their properties. at least, that's what my first guess was. here's the real answer: Carbuzz talked to a Chevrolet spokesperson and they apparently wanted to keep it close to the ZR1 family, implying that the ZR1X does not deserve the name "Zora".

in any case, that thing is proper insanity in the best way, but the price tag is insane in the less than appealing way, starting at $178,000 before options, tax, and registration.

i took a look at the specs and the one that amazes me the most is the standard carbon ceramic brakes with 10 piston front and 6 piston rear calipers with rotors the size of the S550 GT500's. i have really only heard of calipers with that many pistons being used on the likes of the Bentley Continental GT

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[Twizzty]

Way to much power...perfect!

 

[broncoboy22]

I hope this prompts a next generation GT (with a V8 powerplant)

 

[VELGEN WHEELS]

The bar keeps getting raised higher and higher

 

[Aggie1999]

How do you get much nastier than this beast? It may be the Zora.

Go full Batmobile and put a jet engine up it's ass.

 

[DevilDog]

The bar keeps getting raised higher and higher

Yup! Back in the day 425 horsepower was pretty much the high bar. If you're not making at least 700 rwhp today, it's nothing.

 

[Wiley Marmot]

The main issue will be the extra few hundred pounds. I love the 0-60 and 1/4mile times but a car like that needs to be "light" and nimble to be fun on a track. Maybe they did figure out the formula for making it not feel ~4400lbs in the twisties.

Reminds me of the recent Car & Driver review on the Lamborghini Reveulto (I may have spelled that correctly?). Which was about the same weight.

 

[BoostRabbitGT]

Are the ZR1X and GTD considered direct competitors? Because if so, at first glance I don't see GTD winning this comparison by any metric.

 

[Farmer Fran]

X does not stand for AWD it stands for eXtreme.

 

[Farmer Fran]

Are the ZR1X and GTD considered direct competitors? Because if so, at first glance I don't see GTD winning this comparison by any metric.

Some will argue yes and some will argue no. But i am still not convinced it will be faster than the ZR1 in the twisties. That is a lot of added weight and on the nose

 

[broncoboy22]

Are the ZR1X and GTD considered direct competitors? Because if so, at first glance I don't see GTD winning this comparison by any metric.

In price and exclusivity yes. But clearly cars made with diff goals in mind

 

[Q6543]

No comparison at all, you can’t draw any comps to an AWD hybrid TT FPC V8…

and damn sure not from a rwd supercharged V8

 

[Thomas]

Are the ZR1X and GTD considered direct competitors? Because if so, at first glance I don't see GTD winning this comparison by any metric.

I’m in the camp of “definitely not”. They are totally different products with totally different marketing strategies and purposes. Ford has no equivalent product to the C8 and vice versa although I suppose people probably cross shop the low end a lot. You can’t really cross shop the high end due to the GTD “ordering” system. Each are their own type of vehicle until the Camaro makes a return. Ford has not made the thunderbird for a long time.

 

[Farmer Fran]

See, some will argue yes and some will argue no. For a multitude of different reasons.

None are right and none are wrong

The one thing I do not think anyone will have a problem with is these cars will sell, every one of them and they were designed for billionaires who will buy them in some fashion or another.

 

[DevilDog]

X does not stand for AWD it stands for eXtreme.

I thought it was for Xpensive.

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