Corvette ZR1X

[AR3-GP]

0-60 in 1.68 seconds for the electrified Corvette ZR1X.

https://news.gm.com/home.detail.html/Pa ... -zr1x.html

The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X, the most advanced Corvette ever, is the quickest American production car available – and the fastest way to get down a quarter-mile drag strip for under a million dollars.

Testing on the ZR1X culminated in October 2025 with validation at US 131 Motorsports Park – reflective of the real-world environments where Corvette customers exercise their vehicles. On a prepped surface, the ZR1X completed the quarter mile in 8.675 seconds at 159 mph1, on pump gas, using standard-equipment tires and production 50-state street-legal engine calibration, and achieving a 0-60 mph time of 1.68 seconds1 on the same run. The ZR1X blasted to 60 mph in less than 100 feet, generating a peak of 1.75G of acceleration force.

[vorticism]

That's another good example of the potential of hybrid drivetrains. A timely statement, it will give them some time in the limelight as Musk stated that the Tesla Roadster with, presumably, the SpaceX pack, may be revealed this spring, which will demolish these figures at what I assume will be a similar price point (200k+ USD). Teslas like the Corvette have generally been relatively affordable. The Model S Plaid f.e. is 110k USD for similar accel figs (0.5s slower 1/4 mile). So a lower volume production 2-door with the Plaid drivetrain might be in the 100-150k range for the base model.*

If the Space X package and its COPVs and cold gas thrusters are still on the table then I expect 1 g additional acceleration to be available in any thruster-aligned axis. Musk famously claimed years ago that the car would be able to fly, which means down-pointing thrusters which can produce 1 or more g of vertical acc. A few months ago he said something along the lines “it will be the greatest product launch ever” ie(imo) it will fly into view, land, and literally rocket away in ground mode. I assume there will be a baseline tractive avg acc of 1g across a quarter-mile for the standard Roadster plus a constant 1g from the thrusters, which would allow:
0-60: 1s
1/4 mi: 6-7s
Conveniently this places the standard Roadster’s top speed of 250mph within the quarter-mile window, so the standard running gear and suspension could be used with the thrusters.

*assuming it's built like their other cars. Aluminum frame and panels. Maybe it will employ composites and be priced it like a hypercar.

[Chuckjr]

Bonkers numbers for a Chevy off the lot. Very impressive.

[joseff]

My napkin math says 0-100 is under 30 meters? CMIIW

[Tommy Cookers]

unless I'm wrong ....
the 'Engineering Explained' (YouTube) person does proper runs with the proper Corvette(s) and finds that ....

0-60 mph isn't exactly what it seems

[Hoffman900]

unless I'm wrong ....
the 'Engineering Explained' (YouTube) person does proper runs with the proper Corvette(s) and finds that ....

0-60 mph isn't exactly what it seems

People actually listen to that guy? A Top Fuel drag racer can hit 0-60mph in less than 0.5s, it’s not going to stop very quick. There are a lot of flaws to his metric in figuring out tire load capacity.

I’ve watched a bunch of his videos, and I’ll say just because you have a Youtube channel and an engineering degree, doesn’t mean you know everything or a lot at all.

[AR3-GP]

unless I'm wrong ....
the 'Engineering Explained' (YouTube) person does proper runs with the proper Corvette(s) and finds that ....

0-60 mph isn't exactly what it seems

Unless I'm missing something, EE has never done a video with a ZR1X, which is an awd hybrid variant of the ZR1. You might be looking at a video of the ZR1, which only has an internal combustion engine and RWD, and would be vastly inferior in a 0-60 test.