---
title: "Watch the New Chevy Corvette ZR1 and Its Enormous Wing Hit the Streets"
description: "It's almost offensive how big that spoiler is."
date: "2016-10-17"
modified: "2016-10-17"
authors:
  - name: "Aaron Brown"
    job_title: "Staff Editor"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/aaron-brown"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/5585/watch-the-new-chevy-corvette-zr1-and-its-enormous-wing-hit-the-streets"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
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  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Corvette"
  - "Coupe"
  - "sports car"
  - "Supercar"
  - "ZR1"
---

# Watch the New Chevy Corvette ZR1 and Its Enormous Wing Hit the Streets

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It's a cliche, but it's also true: nothing says "fast car" quite like a ginormous spoiler mounted out back. And judging from this video of what appears to be the upcoming [Chevy Corvette ZR1,](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHyd8b0EsOI>) the car appears to have a wing that's even bigger than that of its race car counterpart, the C7R.

Spotted by [Mycheal Barnaby in Ann Arbor, Michigan](<https://indianautosblog.com/2016/10/2018-chevrolet-corvette-zr1-244599>) and shared via *Indian Autos Blog,* the C7-generation Corvette in the video appears to be one of the same camouflaged test mules we [previously saw ripping around Ohio](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEs5yEZ5NiA>).

Currently, the Corvette model range has three key performance-forward trims: the base Corvette with the Z51 package, the 460-horsepower Corvette Grand Sport, and the 650-hp Corvette Z06. We expect the ZR1 to have a sophisticated suspension similar to what's used in the Z06 and Grand Sport, but with even more horsepower. And of course with all that power, you need a massive wing to keep the car planted at speed. Because [downforce](<https://www.thedrive.com/?s=downforce>).

As *Road & Track* points out, in this video, the massive wing is only on the hardtop version of the ZR1, while the car that appears to be a [convertible Z51 has a smaller spoiler](<https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-cars/future-cars/news/a31183/corvette-zr1-prototypes/>), but one that's still larger than anything we've previously seen on a production C7 Corvette.

If this is the new top-line ZR1 model, GM will likely reveal it at the North America International Auto Show [in Detroit early next year](<https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/news/c8-in-2018-the-latest-on-the-mid-engine-chevrolet-corvette/ar-BBt1KWN>), *Car and Driver* reports. There's also a good chance this will be the last major update to the C7 before [the next-generation Corvette is released in all its (rumored) mid-engined glory](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/4302/the-mid-engine-corvette-is-a-terrible-idea>).

What do you think of that massive wing? Under most circumstances, we here at *The Drive* are under agreement that spoilers and high-powered sports cars go together like marshmallows and graham crackers, but is this wing just *too* much?

https://youtube.com/embed/LEs5yEZ5NiA

https://youtube.com/embed/jHyd8b0EsOI

## Author
Aaron was previously a contributing writer with Jalopnik and has also written for Business Insider covering cars. When he's not in the office writing the news, you'll probably find him thrashing a beater car around a RallyCross.

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