1,000+ HP 2025 C8 Corvette ZR1 For 992.2 911 Carrera 4 GTS Money

C8 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 Price

The 2025 Chevrolet ZR1 is available in two trim levels: 1LZ and 3LZ. Like all C8 Corvettes, the ZR1 can be ordered in both coupe and convertible guise. The coupe starts at $174,995, which includes the $1,695 destination charges, and the hardtop convertible variant starts at $184,995. As I said before, the ZR1 is definitely on the expensive side but is still nowhere close to the Europeans. You won’t hear about a 1000-horsepower supercar that starts at just under $175,000 from any European automaker.

As for the options, Chevrolet offers the Carbon Fiber Aero Package for $8,495, and the ZTK Performance Package for $1,500. The Carbon Fiber Aero Package swaps the standard aero elements for a more aggressive rear wing, which delivers an incredible 1,200 pounds of downforce, a taller hood spoiler, underbody strakes, and front dive planes. This option is for you if you want to take your ZR1 to the track. For some context, the 992.1 GT3 makes 895 pounds of downforce. Given the performance on offer, the C8 ZR1 is more of a competitor to the track-bred 911 GT3 RS, which by the way will set you back $241,000, before options.

As for the ZTK Performance package, you’ll need to opt for the carbon package, and then the $1,500 extra for stuff like retuned suspension dampening, stiffer springs, and rad Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R rubber. Here’s a chart with the various C8 Corvette models with their starting prices.

Should you buy a 2025 Corvette ZR1 instead of the 992.2 911 GTS?

I say you should, if you aren’t a diehard Porsche fanboy. It’s not only because of the value, the 2025 ZR1 is a supercar that’s more potent than Lamborghini’s flagship Revuelto, and even the now-discontinued Ferrari SF90 Stradale. All these while being significantly cheaper than the Italians.

For the money, you’re getting the same hand-made 5.5-liter flat-plane crank V8 from the Z06, which, by the way, sounds like an Italian V8. However, the engine is now called LT7 instead of LT6, features two turbochargers, and revs up to 8,000 RPM. This beast of an engine produces 1,064 horsepower and 828 pound-feet of torque! But that’s not it, Chevy quotes a 0-60 mph timing of 2.3 seconds, which is nuts for a rear-drive supercar. Also, in October 2024, Chevrolet released a video of the ZR1’s high-speed run with the GM head honcho Mark Reuss in the driver’s seat. It clocked a whopping 233 mph on the speedo, making it 34 mph faster than the Ferrari SF90 XX and 15 mph faster than the Lamborghini Revuelto.

But let’s leave the competing supercars/hypercars out of the way. Let’s compare the 2025 Corvette ZR1’s performance with the 992.2 911 Carrera 4 GTS (yes the range-topping all-wheel drive GTS model). A brand-new base configuration 911 Carrera 4 GTS will cost you $174,695, just $300 less than the ZR1’s starting price. So, for 300 bucks extra, you’re getting an additional 532 horses and 379 pound-feet of twist. If that’s not enough, the ZR1 comes with an exposed carbon fiber roof, carbon ceramic brakes, a performance data recorder, and carbon fiber aero elements, including the side intakes; all of them as standard.

Yes, the 911 Carrera 4 GTS features all-wheel drive, rear-axle steering by default, and most importantly, a Porsche badge. However, from the value perspective, the Corvette ZR1 is a no-brainer. In a head-to-head, you don’t even stand a chance with the SF90 XX and the Revuelto with a 911 Carrera 4 GTS, but with the C8 ZR1, you certainly do. Here’s a detailed performance table of how the 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 competes with the 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera 4 GTS: