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The Corvette ZR1 has a front clip and roof panels made of carbon fiber to offset weight gains in the engine compartment. Plastic window in the center of the hood gives everyone a view of the intercooler housing.
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Blue Streak: Long-awaited Corvette ZR1 debuts at Detroit show, goes on sale next fall
By Mac Morrison | 12/19/07, 11:04 pm et
After four years of denials, innuendo, spy shots, "wink-wink" confirmations and strategically choreographed "surprise" appearances, Chevrolet has released details of its worst-kept secret.
The 2009 Corvette ZR1--referred to during those many months of development as Blue Devil, Sting Ray and Corvette SS--will go into production next summer at the Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and will go on sale in fall 2008. Chevy will not complete official horsepower and torque certification until spring, but Corvette assistant chief engineer Tadge Juechter says to expect at least 100 hp per liter. That equals 620 hp to go along with approximately 600 lb-ft of torque from an all-new, 6.2-liter aluminum-block LS9 V8. Juechter dismissed long-standing online forum speculation that...
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