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2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

Friday, May 9th, 2008

2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1Chevrolet has officially revealed their new sports car, 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 to the world. 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is powered by a supercharged LS9 6.2L small-block engine which is capable of producing at least 100 horsepower per liter. That’s at least 620 horsepower (maximum torque of 819Nm) and about 595 lb.-ft of torque. This Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 can sprint from 0-100 km/h in just less than 4 seconds and can go as fast as 320km/h.

The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 gets some simply huge carbon-ceramic, drilled disc brake rotors. Because of they’re so big and are required to be so powerful they’re using the same 15-inch-diameter discs found on the front of a Ferrari 599. In the front, they’ll be getting even larger 15.5-inch-diameter rotors. You can read more detailed outlook for this car at below article released by Chevrolet. However, at current state, Chevrolet has not set a price for this car yet but there’s an estimate that the price for this car will be at the $100,000 mark.

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