{"id":95651,"date":"2024-04-10T15:31:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T22:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/?p=95651"},"modified":"2024-04-10T15:31:37","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T22:31:37","slug":"the-corvette-zr1-is-officially-on-its-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/the-corvette-zr1-is-officially-on-its-way\/","title":{"rendered":"The Corvette ZR1 Is Officially On Its Way!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"95652\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/the-corvette-zr1-is-officially-on-its-way\/2025-corvette-zr1-in-shadow\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow.png\" data-orig-size=\"1000,564\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2025 Corvette ZR1 in shadow\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow-300x169.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-95652\" src=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow-768x433.png 768w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow-308x173.png 308w, https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow-678x381.png 678w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Speculation continues to be ripe about what, exactly, this newest iteration of the iconic C8 Corvette will be like, but with GMs teaser trailer appearing today, the reality is that the ZR1 is definitely coming this summer.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H2__J9NbqpQ?si=d7hK-UoQU0_QS5qv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The ZR1 debuted as a performance option for the 1970-72 C3, and continued to be a high-performance variation for multiple generations after, notable in 2019&#8217;s C7 &#8212; a car notorious for both it&#8217;s peak performance and handling issues.<\/p>\n<p>So, what will this variation offer? Rumors are that it&#8217;ll be powered by the LT7, but again, rumors have been flying &#8211;as far and as fast as this baby is likely to go.<\/p>\n<p>For more speculation (informed speculation), we will send you over to our friends at Corvette Forum who have a LOT of thoughts: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corvetteforum.com\/articles\/confirmed-c8-corvette-zr1-coming-this-summer\/\">CONFIRMED: C8 Corvette ZR1 Coming This Summer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, what would you like to see from this variation of a sportscar that has already been the talk of the town?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The ZR1 is coming, but what that means remains a mystery.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3470],"tags":[39,10283,695,109],"class_list":["post-95651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chevrolet","tag-chevrolet-corvette-c8-zr1","tag-chevy","tag-corvette","post_format-post-format-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/2025-Corvette-ZR1-in-shadow.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p42YSK-oSL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95651"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95654,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95651\/revisions\/95654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racingjunk.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}