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Auto Express
10-07-2025
- Automotive
- Auto Express
Yeehaw! America's sports car is finally getting its UK release
The Chevrolet Corvette might be America's sports car, but it's now got the green light to come to Britain. Shown off at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Corvette will arrive in September this year and it'll come in E-Ray hybrid form. The current, eighth-generation Corvette was launched way back in 2020 and in 2023 the world saw the first electrified Corvette in the shape of the E-Ray. Earlier this year the Corvette gained a mild mid-life update with a change to the interior's central stack of buttons and more recently the ultimate 1,064bhp ZR1X iteration of the mid-engined sports car was unveiled. The E-Ray is set to be the only version of the Corvette we'll get here, however. Advertisement - Article continues below The Corvette E-Ray will line up against the Porsche 911 GTS E-Hybrid, not only because of its hybrid powertrain, but the price too. The Coupe is set to cost from £153,440 and the Convertible will be priced slightly higher at £159,230. In the E-Ray, the electric motor and 6.2-litre naturally-aspirated V8 provide 646bhp in total. That means it falls slightly short of the non-hybrid C8 Z06 model on power, but the E-Ray completes the 0-60mph sprint quicker with a time of 2.9 seconds. That's thanks to the all-wheel drive system, the first of its kind fitted to a Corvette. The E-Ray's e-motor is powered by a 1.9kWh battery pack positioned between the seats to aid weight distribution. It can't be charged with a plug - instead, it's topped up by regenerative brake energy harvested while driving. To squeeze more efficiency from the powertrain, the E-Ray can shut-off four of its eight cylinders on the move, and pure-electric driving is possible at up to 44mph in 'Stealth Mode'. Skip advert Advertisement - Article continues below A selection of six drive modes, including Tour, Track and a configurable My Mode setting, dictate the car's deployment of electric power, while an additional Stealth Mode allows silent EV running when starting a journey. Advertisement - Article continues below Due to the battery and motor hardware, the E-Ray's 1,712kg dry weight exceeds the standard car's figure by 110kg. To compensate, Chevrolet's engineers have fitted carbon ceramic brakes and the firm's Magnetic Ride Control 4.0 suspension as standard, the latter of which is likely to adopt a bespoke tune. The E-Ray is just over 9cm wider than the base model, too, which should help mitigate the impact of the extra mass. A set of staggered 20- and 21-inch wheels are bespoke to the hybrid version, and can be specified with either Michelin Pilot Sport or grippier Pilot Sport 4S tyres. Those 21-inch rear wheels have colossal 345-width rubber to apply the E-Ray's torque to the road. The wheels can be had in carbon fibre too, offering a 18.5kg weight reduction. To distinguish the newcomer as the electrified Corvette, there's a unique Z06-inspired front bumper and the rear end has been restyled to blend with the wider bodyshell. There are ten exterior colours to choose from with the Corvette E-Ray too, along with carbon fibre exterior and interior trims. Our dealer network has 1,000s of great value new cars in stock and available now right across the UK. Find your new car… Find a car with the experts Ford Escort Mexico gets new lease of life with MST Sports Ford Escort Mexico gets new lease of life with MST Sports While not officially Fords, the MST Mk1 and Mk2 Sports should drive as sharply as they look Car Deal of the Day: Skoda Octavia vRS is the consummate all-rounder and only £255 a month! Car Deal of the Day: Skoda Octavia vRS is the consummate all-rounder and only £255 a month! A three-time Auto Express Family Car of the Year winner, paired with Golf GTI power, is our Deal of the Day for 6 July Car Deal of the Day: Peugeot 208 GT is a sharp supermini for less than £180 a month Car Deal of the Day: Peugeot 208 GT is a sharp supermini for less than £180 a month It may be getting on a bit, but thanks to distinctive styling you really wouldn't know it – Peugeot's 208 is our Deal of the Day for 7 July
Toronto Star
05-07-2025
- Automotive
- Toronto Star
An electric Corvette? And it's all-wheel drive? Yeah, it's bloody fast, too
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Yahoo
23-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Referendum on collective bargaining amendments will appear on the 2026 ballot
SALT LAKE CITY () — Governor Cox issued an executive order Monday directing a referendum regarding a controversial union bill to appear on ballots in the 2026 general election. The order comes after Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson's June 21 declaration that organizers met the required number of voter signatures to put the referendum before voters. Henderson's declaration signified that the group reached the in order to meet the legislature's requirement to get the referendum on the ballot. passed the Utah Senate on Feb. 6, 2025, and was signed by Governor Cox just over a week later. which led to a signature campaign. on May 6 as county clerks worked to certify signatures. Union bill repeal efforts underway, nearly 130k signatures gathered across Utah By law, signatures are required to be gathered state-wide, with a minimum of 8% of signers being registered to vote in 15 of the state's 29 senate districts. Among other provisions, the bill prohibits a public employer from recognizing a labor organization as a bargaining agent for public employees. Two Idaho teens go missing, believed to be taken by members of the FLDS church Iran launches missile attacks on US bases in Qatar, Iraq Iran launches attack against US Air Force base in Qatar Referendum on collective bargaining amendments will appear on the 2026 ballot Aston Martin Vantage vs. Corvette E-Ray Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
18-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
View Photos of the 2026 Chevy Corvette ZR1X
Read the Full Story After years of anticipation, the ultimate Corvette is finally here. Say hello to the 2026 Corvette ZR1X. It takes the best parts of the already atomic ZR1, namely the 1064-hp LT7 twin-turbo V-8, and pairs it with an upgraded version of the Corvette E-Ray's front-mounted electric motor. It has a combined 1250 horsepower and a stat sheet that'll have you seeking shelter. Oh, and it'll be available by the end of the year. The 2026 Corvette ZR1X is the epitome of the C8-generation Corvette. It pairs the LT7 twin-turbocharged V-8 from the ZR1 with an upgraded version of the E-Ray's electric motor. The pairing gives the ZR1X all-wheel drive and combines to produce 1250 horsepower. Chevy claims the power and all-wheel traction are enough to rocket the ZR1X to 60 mph in under 2.0 seconds. It will also do the standing quarter-mile in under 9.0 seconds at a trap speed of more than 150 mph. The ZR1X can simultaneously pull 1.0 g of latitudinal and longitudinal force, according to Chevy. The ZR1X's interior offers a dual-tone color scheme where the driver's seat is red and the passenger's is black. It's the same interior you'll find on the rest of the 2026 Corvette range, which means the ZR1X gets Chevy's upgraded screen layout Full pricing hasn't yet been announced, but we're confident the new model will come in above the regular ZR1's $178,195 starting price. Chevy plans to launch the ZR1X by the end of 2025. You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
Yahoo
17-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
The Corvette ZR1X's Quarter-Mile Sprint Is So Quick, Chevy Had to Reprogram Its Front Motor
When the Corvette team went about adding the front motor from the Corvette E-Ray to the ZR1 to create the ZR1X, it was no simple feat. First, they turned up the output to 186 horsepower and 145 pound-feet of torque, increases of 26 hp and 20 lb-ft. Then, they went through all the calibration to make it work seamlessly with the LT7 V-8. And that's where things got interesting. The twin-turbo 5.5-liter in the ZR1 makes 1064 horsepower, more than twice that of the 495-hp LT2 in the E-Ray. 'We knew we were going to have to push all the boundaries,' said lead development engineer Keith Badgley. 'Looking at the fact that we're taking this 5.5-liter turbo V-8 with all kinds of power, and then combining it with a separate drivetrain on the front, meant that this had to be the most sophisticated software that GM had developed. Especially to make it approachable and intuitive.' It's so powerful that it revealed a limitation in the standard programming of the electric front axle motor. On the drag strip, 'We saw that we were disconnecting the front axle at 150 miles an hour from the E-Ray, and that that was not enough for us to complete the run in the quarter mile,' said Badgely. 'So we expanded and raised that to a 160-mph disconnect to bring that performance all the way through.' That's with the standard ZR1 body, not the Carbon Fiber Aero kit that's best paired with the ZTK suspension package. Chevy didn't say how much slower that version would be in the quarter than the sub-9-second, greater than 150-mph time stated in the ZR1X's press release. But it's a non-zero difference, says Josh Holder, the Corvette's chief engineer. 'It's pretty incredible that these cars are going so fast at the end of the quarter mile that our aero was starting to influence the times.' As for the intuitive and approachable part, that too required a more-than-expected amount of adjustment. 'The journey of the software, we originally thought we would port over or learn from the E-Ray, and we did learn but immediately saw that the Gemini engine has so much power that even minor errors in our torque architecture were causing issues with traction and an intervention that was unnecessary,' said Badgley. That's not unexpected when you're starting from a baseline of 828 pound-feet of torque, with more than 800 of that available from 3000 rpm. What's wild, though, is the speeds at which the ZR1X was breaking the tires loose. 'We saw that at 160 miles per hour we were having so much power we were deflecting the rear wheels, causing these errors.' As stated, the Corvette engineers smoothed things out so that the ZR1X presumably won't trip the traction control at that speed. It's yet another example of the performance era we live in. Not only is there a Corvette with 1250 horsepower, it's strong enough to spin the tires at 160 — and modern software can tame those bad habits, and make such a wild beast Might Also Like You Need a Torque Wrench in Your Toolbox Tested: Best Car Interior Cleaners The Man Who Signs Every Car Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
