Rumored Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Prototype Caught Testing in Traffic

Test car seen rolling with a Z06


Rush-hour traffic isn’t exactly the best place to test Chevrolet Corvette prototypes, but the video below shows exactly that.

 The entourage includes four test vehicles, but one stands out—the purported Corvette ZR1, which was recently caught testing a few months ago. Back then, the prototype featured pedestals for a spoiler, but the spoiler wasn’t mounted. This time around the spoiler makes an appearance and it’s massive, looking ready to provide much needed downforce for high-speed track runs.

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2014 Chevrolet Sonic LT Hatchback - Little Notes

2014 Chevrolet Sonic LT Hatchback

Base Price: $16,380
As-Tested Price: $20,405
Drivetrain: 1.4-liter turbocharged I4; FWD, six-speed manual
Output: 138 hp @ 4,900 rpm, 148 lb-ft @ 2,500 rpm
Curb Weight: 2,712 lb
Fuel Economy (EPA City/Highway/Combined): 29/40/33 mpg
AW Observed Fuel Economy: 33.4 mpg
Options: 16-inch black painted aluminum wheels ($995); exterior black flash package including mirror caps, grille surround and spoiler ($710); Ecotec turbo 1.4-liter DOHC four-cylinder engine ($700); advanced safety package including forward collision alert and land departure warning ($395); Chevrolet MyLink ($200)

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2014 Chevrolet Sonic RS sedan drive review

Base Price: $20,530

Drivetrain: 1.4-liter, 138-hp, 148 lb-ft, turbocharged DOHC I4, FWD, six-speed manual

Fuel Economy (EPA city/highway/combined): 27/34/30

Curb Weight: 2,847 lb

Options: Advance safety package including forward collision alert, lane departure warning ($395)

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2014 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Convertible review notes: Supercharged Chevy Camaro goodness

The 2014 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 starts out at $63,750, our Autoweek tester topped out at $66,630. Photo by Chevrolet.  Supercharged Chevy Camaro goodness Base Price: $63,750 As-Tested Price: $66,630 Drivetrain: 6.2-liter supercharged V8; RWD, six-speed automatic Output: 580 hp @ 6,000 rpm, 556 lb-ft @ 4,200 rpm Curb Weight: 4,374 lb Fuel Economy (EPA City/Highway/Combined): 12/18/14 mpg AW Observed Fuel Economy: 12.8 mpg Options: Six-speed automatic transmission ($1,185); 20-inch aluminum wheels ($900); navigation system ($795)

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2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 - Small Test

This is America's track star.

Plucked from GM’s last track-day ­special, the 2013 Corvette Z06, the Z/28’s port-injected LS7 V-8 is fortified with new pistons and titanium connecting rods whose bearing inserts are now spray-coated for improved durability. There are also a cold-air intake, revised exhaust headers, and a repackaged dry-sump oiling system, but there’s more hardware that’s carry-over than new under the hood. At 505 horsepower and 481 pound-feet of torque, the Z/28’s LS7 makes just six more pound-feet than when this engine made its debut eight years ago.

As it did back then, the LS7 oozes power whether the Z/28 is standing still or at speed. The car quakes under a loping idle as heat radiates from the carbon-fiber extractor and blurs the view through the windshield. Racing toward a 7000-rpm redline, the Z/28 smears Barber’s manicured landscaping as if it were a still-wet watercolor, while the exhaust’s raucous bawl ­rattles the cabin. Zero to 60 mph passes in 4.4 seconds, and the quarter-mile clears in 12.7, by which time you’re doing 116 mph. True, the Z/28 isn’t as quick as the ZL1 in a straight line, but that’s not the point.

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2014 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 | Video Photos Gallery

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2015 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 / 3500 HD - Review

Mixing power with refinement for heavy-duty excellence.

Our initial drive took place in the mountains above Phoenix, Arizona. The Silverado’s snappier sibling, the 2015 GMC Sierra HD, was along for the ride. But don’t be fooled by the General’s commercials and the GMC’s added tinsel. The two trucks are the same brutes underneath, with mechanicals largely unchanged from those of the previous models, which triumphed in Chevy form in our last comparison test of diesel workhorses. (For our 2015 Silverado HD debut story with a full breakdown of what did actually change) 

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Black Widow Corvette Stingray | Images Gallery & Video |

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Black Widow gets a Chevy Corvette Stingray in Captain America: The Winter Soldier

As movie superhero cars go, things probably don't get much better than Batman's Tumbler. The Black Widow's murdered-out 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray comes in at a close second, though. Scarlett Johansson will pilot the C7 in the upcoming movie Captain America: The Winter Soldier, but the car was on display at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show.

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Images Gallery Chevrolet Corvette Z06

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The Chevrolet Corvette Z06

625bhp track-focused supercar lands in Detroit, first ever supercharged Z06

 

Chevrolet has announced that the brand-new Corvette Z06 will deliver "at least" 625bhp, which is an unsubtle but effective way of saying the brand-new Corvette Z06 is "really bloody powerful".

That power gain is significant, because not only is it more than the sixth generation Z06, but it's almost as powerful as the last-gen ZR1 - that's the halo car. And this power comes from a supercharged engine; a first for a Z06.

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