---
title: "Here Is Your First Look at the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1"
description: "After a four-year hiatus, the General's fastest supercar returns."
date: "2017-11-12"
modified: "2017-11-13"
authors:
  - name: "Basir Khan"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/basir-khan"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/new-cars/16003/here-is-your-first-look-at-the-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Chevy"
  - "Corvette"
  - "Coupe"
  - "General Motors"
  - "sports car"
  - "Supercar"
  - "z06"
  - "ZR1"
---

# Here Is Your First Look at the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2017/11/2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-001-1.jpg>)
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The year is 2007. A pre-bailout Chevrolet just revealed their fastest production car—the Corvette ZR1. Powered by a supercharged LS9 engine, it made 638 horsepower with a top speed of just 205 miles per hour. Never had any car with a bowtie produced this much power and gone this fast. This car was their greatest engineering achievement before the bankruptcy.

Fast forward ten years, a restructured General Motors is thriving and Chevy's new Corvette, the C7, is its most controversial design yet. Gone are the round tail lights and returned the not-so-worthy Stingray name has. All the while the latest Z06 is able to hold its own against the outgoing ZR1. Until now.

Chevrolet has finally revealed the highly anticipated [2019 Corvette ZR1](<https://thestore.thedrive.com/>). Powered by a new LT5 supercharged engine, the ZR1 will be good for 755 horsepower and 715 lb-ft of torque. Like the LT4 in the Z06, the LT5 is a 6.2-liter V8. It has a 105 horsepower advantage thanks in part to a new, more-efficient intercooled supercharger system that offers 52 percent more displacement than the Z06’s LT4 supercharger as well as GM’s first dual-fuel-injection system.

In addition to a seven-speed manual, an eight-speed automatic transmission will also be available. It marks the first time an automatic transmission has been offered in a ZR1. So much for rowing your own gears.

![message-editor%2F1510510915710-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-003.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1510510915710-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-003.jpg>)
*An all-new front fascia boasts four new radiators and larger air vents for drivetrain cooling. The carbon fiber splitter is available exclusively with the new ZTK Performance Package., *Chevrolet Pressroom**

![message-editor%2F1510511438562-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-004.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1510511438562-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-004.jpg>)
*An available two-way-adjustable High Wing provides an estimated 950 pounds of downforce — about 60 percent more than the Z06., *Chevrolet Pressroom**

So what does all of this cost? Pricing has not yet been announced but expect a six-digit figure. With a top speed of 210 miles per hour, however, it guarantees you will be the fastest production Corvette on the street come next spring.

![message-editor%2F1510517345950-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-006.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1510517345950-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-006.jpg>)
*Chevrolet Pressroom*

![message-editor%2F1510517359018-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-008.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1510517359018-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-008.jpg>)
*Chevrolet Pressroom*

![message-editor%2F1510517368120-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-005.jpg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/message-editor/1510517368120-2019-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-005.jpg>)
*Chevrolet Pressroom*

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