The ZR1 pulverises its rear tires to the tune of 1,064 hp, and tops out at 233 mph
Picture the scene. After months of waiting, you finally take delivery of your dream Corvette, a brand-new ZR1, one of the fastest and most powerful production cars in the planet.
You’re the luckiest guy in America, but after driving it for an hour, you realize you’re also the most scared. That’s allegedly what happened to one 2026 C8 owner who’s now selling his barely broken-in supercar on Bring a Trailer.
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The gleaming Arctic White beast has just 40 miles (64 km) on the clock, and the dealer handling the sale insists the owner isn’t a flipper trying to cash in on first-delivery hype. Nope, he reportedly just found the car too powerful.
Too Much Of A Good Thing?
“Our client did not purchase this flip…he bought it because he genuinely wanted it,” the dealer says in the comments below the listing.
“In order to get this car the dealer made him purchase a Z06 that he paid way over MSRP for (then had to trade it in) and then had to pay way over MSRP for this one. He loves the car but the 1064 hp is just more than he needs.”
Over a thousand horses is more than he needs? Who knew? With a twin-turbo 5.5-liter LT7 V8 that puts out 1,064 hp (1,079 PS) and 828 lb-ft (1,123 Nm), the 2026 ZR1 is more than anyone needs. That’s the kind of energy that can turn even confident drivers into wide-eyed passengers in their own cars.
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The listing shows the ZR1 in as-new condition, and coming equipped with the 3LZ equipment package (GT2 buckets, Bose audio) and $4,395 ZTK chassis bundle (trick dampers, carbon brakes, and Michelin Cup 2R rubber).
Carbon Everywhere
It also has the $10,495 Carbon Fiber Aero Package that adds a carbon-fiber hood-mounted Gurney flap, carbon-fiber front dive planes, and underbody strakes.
Of course, this being the ZR1, it’s not exactly cheap to begin with. Including his options, the seller paid $214,800 for the car, against a base MSRP of $182,395 (the convertible is $10k more).
But demand for the ZR1 has pushed values of the few available cars into the stratosphere, and at the time of writing, bidding on this one had reached $296,000 with a day still to go.
We’re not convinced it makes sense for that kind of cash, even though the ZR1 is still a better value at $300,000 than other supercars (and an absolute bargain if by some miracle you can get one at MSRP).
No, our real concern is that the arrival of the new ZR1X could really push ZR1 prices down. You only have to look at what happened to Z06 values.
Another big concern for potential bidders is the warranty. GM has said it will void the warranty on flipped cars in an attempt to prevent ZR1s from going to greedy folks. If that’s the case, the new owner of this one will definitely need to seek out third-party cover.
If that hasn’t put you off, you can get your bids in here.
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