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Video: John Heinricy tests the 705-hp Hennessey ZR700 Corvette ZR1

Posted: Feb 25, 2009

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Tuner Cars, Videos

John Heinricy, who retired after working with GM for 38-years, recently got behind the wheel of the 2009 Corvette ZR1 with a Hennessey ZR700 package.
The former head of GM Performance Division and chief engineer of the new 2009 Cadillac CTS-V and ZR1, tested his skills on the 705-hp ZR1 to see what Hennessey came up with.
The Hennessey ZR700 [...]

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Chevrolet Camaro SS, ZR1, Z06, Cadillac CTS-V safe from HPVO death

Posted: Feb 19, 2009

Filed under: Cadillac, Chevrolet, GM, Industry News

Earlier this morning we reported that the General Motors disbanded its High Performance Vehicle Operations unit. GM said that engineers from the department will now focus on more high-volume Cadillacs, Buicks, Chevrolets and Pontiacs and that all high-performance projects are on an indefinite hold.
However, Camaro SS fans can rest assured that the 422-hp Camaro is [...]

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638-hp not enough: Hennessey takes 2009 Corvette ZR1 up to 755-hp

Posted: Jan 29, 2009

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Chevrolet, GM, Tuner Cars

As if the 638-hp 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 wasn’t powerful enough already, Hennessey Motorsports has decided to offer two performance package upgrades for the Chevy beast that takes it up to a total of 755-hp.
The first package, known as the ZR700, adds a supercharger pulley and blower snout upgrade, an intercooler system upgrade, a K&N [...]

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Clarkson names Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 as his car of the year

Posted: Dec 29, 2008

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM

While Motor Trend picks the Nissan GT-R as its car of the year and Top Gear picks the Volkswagen Scirocco – Jeremy Clarkson, who is well known for his hatred of American automobiles, has named his car of the year as the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
“Oh, it’s not built very well,” said Clarkson. “After just [...]

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Video: Jay Leno test drives the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

Posted: Dec 09, 2008

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM, Reviews, Videos

While many of you may be disappointed by the Detroit Big 3 right now, let’s set our anger and other feelings aside and let Jay Leno remind us of some of the amazing cars that Detroit has produced for us. The Chevrolet Corvette has not only become an American icon but has taken on its [...]

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Videos: Corvette ZR1, Porsche GT2, Ferrari 599, Nissan GT-R top speed runs

Posted: Oct 29, 2008

Filed under: Chevrolet, Ferrari, Nissan, Porsche, Videos

While Motor Trend was hanging out at Chrysler’s Arizona Proving Grounds in over half a million dollars worth of the world’s hottest cars, they decided it was the perfect opportunity to take each vehicle to its top speed. Check out these videos of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, Porsche 911 GT2, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano and the [...]

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Corvette ZR1 laps Nurburgring in 7:22.4, beats own time

Posted: Oct 28, 2008

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Chevrolet, GM

While Porsche and Nissan continue to argue over the Nissan GT-R Nurburgring Nordschleife lap time of 7:29, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 knocked another 4 seconds off it’s already blazing fast time of 7:26.4.
Driver Jan Magnussen, a race car driver from Denmark and a GM factory driver, took the Corvette ZR1 around the Nordschleife in 7:22.4. That [...]

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GM Performance Parts to offer 638-hp LS9 6.3L V8 as a crate engine

Posted: Oct 28, 2008

Filed under: Chevrolet, GM

The 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1’s LS9 6.2 liter supercharged V8 allows the supercar to be the most power and fastest production car ever produced by GM. Now the 638 horsepower engine will be available as a complete crate engine package from GM Performance Parts in the third quarter of 2009.
The LS9 crate engine will come [...]

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Video: Motor Trend takes the 2009 Corvette ZR1 from 0 to 60 mph in 3.3 secs

Posted: Oct 22, 2008

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Chevrolet, GM, Reviews, Videos

Motor Trend recently hit up the hot Arizona desert to test the most powerful GM car ever built – the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
Testing the 638-hp 6.2L V8 at Chrysler’s Proving Grounds, Motor Trend hit 0 to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds (CARandDRIVER recently reported 3.4 seconds). Comparing that to its rival, the Dodge Viper SRT-10 does [...]

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2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 production has not ended

Posted: Oct 08, 2008

Filed under: 2009 Releases, Chevrolet, GM

A post on DigitalCorvettes yesterday started a rumor that production for the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1has ended. The rumor came after GM’s Bowling Green plant shut down this week. Production is expected to resume next week.
According to Terry Rhadigan (contacted by AutoBlog), Chevrolet’s manager for global communications, the rumor is totally “not true.”
GM still has orders [...]