- The rights to the primary retail 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 have been offered at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale public sale
- The profitable bid of $3.7 million was made by Rick Hendrick
- All proceeds from the sale will go to profit the American Crimson Cross
With the arrival of the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 and its screaming twin-turbocharged V-8 able to hitting 1,064 hp, America’s sports activities automobile is verging on hypercar standing. It is a automobile that may speed up to 60 mph from a standstill in 2.3 seconds, run the quarter-mile in beneath 10 seconds, and attain a high velocity of 233 mph.
Deliveries begin early this 12 months, and for those who’re seeking to get your fingers on the primary retail instance, you are too late, even in case you have the large bucks. Chevy provided the rights to the automobile—the one with a VIN ending in 001—at a charity public sale.
The automobile crossed the block on Jan. 25 at a Barrett-Jackson public sale in Scottsdale, Arizona, with the ultimate promoting worth coming in at $3.7 million. All proceeds will go towards the American Crimson Cross, and because the automobile hasn’t been constructed but, the profitable bidder, dealership and NASCAR mogul Rick Hendrick, will be capable of configure it to his liking.
Hendrick being the winner was no shock. He is created a convention of profitable charity bids at Barrett-Jackson auctions. Auctioning off the rights to the primary retail instance of a brand new Corvette mannequin has additionally turn into a convention lately. The newest sale brings the entire sum of money Chevy has raised at Barrett-Jackson charity auctions by means of the sale of C8 Corvettes to $12.9 million.
Sale of first retail 2025 Chevy Corvette ZR1 at Barrett-Jackson public sale in Scottsdale – Jan. 2025
The $3.7 million bid is the very best identified worth paid for a Corvette, eclipsing the $3.6 million paid for the primary retail 2023 Corvette Z06 at a Barrett-Jackson charity public sale three years in the past. The newest bid can be roughly 21 occasions the 2025 ZR1’s beginning worth of $174,995, together with vacation spot.
That beginning worth is steep, however the ZR1 boasts a most 1,064 hp generated by a newly developed twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V-8, mated to an 8-speed dual-clutch computerized. The ZR1 additionally stands out from the remainder of the 2025 Corvette vary due to a singular cut up rear window—a nod to the design used on the 1963 Corvette—which additionally serves an aerodynamic perform. An accessible ZTK Efficiency Package deal provides a bunch of aerodynamic modifications that collectively raise most downforce to 1,200 kilos.
Chevy is regarded as engaged on one other, much more potent Corvette variant, probably dubbed the Zora. It’s anticipated to have higher energy due to the addition of a front-mounted electrical motor, that means the ZR1’s high velocity could quickly be surpassed. Nonetheless, Chevy hasn’t introduced any plans for added Corvette variants past the ZR1.
