The 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 May Turn Out to Be Quite Rare
Up to this point, just 302 ZR1 orders have been accepted by the factory and entered into the system where they can be tracked by employees and the handful of future owners, according to a seemingly well-placed forum user known as Corvette Ed. With dealers reportedly receiving zero new ZR1 allocations for the final cycle of 2025, it looks like that's where the count will stop for year one.
Not only does that make the 233 mph monster's maiden voyage one of the shortest in recent memory for a 'Vette variant, the first 302 are guaranteed to stand out in the long run — as they will be the only ones ever fitted with the original C8 Corvette interior. Starting in 2026, all examples of America's Sports Car, from Stingray to ZR1, will be treated to a slew of interior upgrades that notably includes the removal of the so-called 'wall of buttons' that has been polarizing car circles since 2020.
Of that initial run of 302 cars, 185 are slated to be coupes, according to the report, leaving 117 orders for the hard top convertible. The 61% take rate for the coupe and its exclusive split rear window flips the script on what we've seen with the other widebody C8s, which started in 2023 with the Performance Car of the Year-winning Z06. That year, drop-top Z06s outsold coupes 3304 to 3109; the following year, bolstered by the emergence of the hybrid all-wheel-drive E-Ray, the widebody 'verts were victorious again, by a margin of 140 units (6066 to 5926).
Unfortunately, the report still leaves us in the dark regarding take rate on the big-winged ZTK track package that debuted on and adorned some 70% of the swansong C7 ZR1s – though, with heavy constraints plaguing carbon fiber parts across the C8 range throughout 2025, the new car isn't likely to approach the ratio of the '19s. The MidEngineCorvetteForum post also goes into the paint choices of the orders, and brings up another outlier in the limited crop of '25 ZR1s: just 22 examples will reportedly wear colors that have since been retired, 16 in Sea Wolf Gray and six in Rapid Blue.
Regardless of spec, releasing an inaugural run of 302 ZR1s into a world clamoring for the model's herculean horsepower is likely to be a recipe bound to test Chevrolet's anti-flipping measures. All ZR1 buyers are subject to a 12-month no-sell clause that, if broken, could earn them a large profit — but also land them a 'no high-demand' cars list and void the warranty for the second owner. Even with these risks in place, it should be interesting to watch first owners testing the waters early on; when the first Z06s hit Bring a Trailer, for example, they were commanding as much as $100,000 over sticker, warranty or not. With the ZR1 starting at $174,995 and easily climbing past $200K with options, there's no telling how high collectors might push the market for the first 302.You Might Also Like
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