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The 2019 Corvette ZR1, a high-powered track-ready swansong for the front-engined Corvette, has been spotted testing on Germany’s infamous Nurburgring Nordschleife.
Cars being spotted on the Nordschleife as part of a testing program is completely normal, with the track a favourite proving ground for well suited to testing ride and handling, as well as powertrain capabilities.
Unfortunately the ZR1 won’t be coming to Australia. However, it is rumoured the car’s successor, provisionally dubbed the ‘C8’, will be mid-engined and designed with right hand drive markets in mind.
Providing those impressive figures is likely to be a tweaked LT4 – GM’s high-performance 6.2-litre supercharged pushrod V8. Dealing with all that power will be a Tremec seven-speed transaxle manual, with GM’s fresh 10-speed auto as an option.
The big aero you see here isn’t necessarily representative of the final kit, however, with ZR1 prototypes having been spied testing various size wings in recent months. The current ZR1 has a Z07 Performance Package as an option, which includes more aggressive aerodynamic addenda.
What’s it sound like? Sleet and snow is obviously keeping speeds down in this spy video, but there are still hints of some serious sonic delights.
