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While covering the Barrett-Jackson auction this weekend, specifically the $1 million purchase of the first "retailable" 2009 Corvette ZR1 , we did a quick Google search for the 2009 Corvette ZR1 in order to pull up our old story on the new super-Vette from the General. When the results came up, we noticed something rather odd. No, not Motor Trend being the first result -- we mean, come on, they're Motor fuckin' Trend -- the fact that Jalopnik is merely a step behind them says little about us and more about Motor Trend 's inability to leverage their brand name on the internet -- and about how low they've let their brand name go. But we digress. What was weird was that they've got their "exclusive" "scoop" on the ZR1 set up in the "roadtest" section of their site. What? Do they know something we don't? Was there some super-secret drive of the new ZR1 they partook in with Chevy? Our sources at Chevy say no. So what's the reason...
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Want to be the first to get your hands on a new 2009 Corvette ZR1 ? In 14 days, head on over to the Barrett-Jackson auction as we've just heard the first ZR1 will be going up for auction as part of their "Muscle Car Wars" marketing of a sale of the first 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 , a Shelby GT500 KR and now a 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1 . Don't they know we've already got the " Muscle Car Wars " thing trademarked? We'll take our royalties in either cash or any mix of the above acronym-obsessive vehicles from the BJ auctioneers. Full lot quote from the folks all about the BJ after the jump. Oh -- and did we mention the Barrett-Jackson folks think it's a "ZR-1 CONVERTIBLE?" galleryPost('2009ChevroletCorvetteZR1P', 6, '2009 Corvette ZR1'); LotNumber 1316 Year 2009 CarMake CHEVROLET CarModel CORVETTE CarStyle ZR-1 CONVERTIBLE "From Rumor to Instant Legend in the Blink of an Eye. Chevrolet presents the very "First Retailable...
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Somehow we think maybe the 2009 Corvette ZR1 pre- Detroit Auto Show embargo will be lifting sometime very soon. It's the only explanation we can come up with for why Nissan felt compelled to have an embargo on the 2009 GTR's Z06-beating Edmunds Inside Line 0-60 test lift late last night. OK, maybe that was just a freak scheduling thing -- but then, like a bolt out of the blue devil , we received a press release just past midnight from Hennessey Performance Engineering calling out the Lutzian devil with the blue highlighted engine . Apparently they weren't quite done with the 2008 Viper SRT10. The boys at Hennessey came up with an additional 78 horsepower to add atop the straight-from-the-shelf 600 found in the fang-toothed serpent, bringing the total horses up to a staggering 678 and a 0-60 time to match that of the 3.3-second GT-R. It's called the 2008 Hennessey Venom 650R, and oh, how they rushed this one to bed -- someone check out the gaping hole below the jump in the...
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Somehow we think maybe the 2009 Corvette ZR1 pre- Detroit Auto Show embargo will be lifting sometime very soon. It's the only explanation we can come up with for why Nissan felt compelled to have an embargo on the 2009 GTR's Z06-beating Edmunds Inside Line 0-60 test lift late last night. OK, maybe that was just a freak scheduling thing -- but then, like a bolt out of the blue devil , we received a press release just past midnight from Hennessey Performance Engineering calling out the Lutzian devil with the blue highlighted engine . Apparently they weren't quite done with the 2008 Viper SRT10. The boys at Hennessey came up with an additional 78 horsepower to add atop the straight-from-the-shelf 600 found in the fang-toothed serpent, bringing the total horses up to a staggering 678 and a 0-60 time to match that of the 3.3-second GT-R. It's called the 2008 Hennessey Venom 650R, and oh, how they rushed this one to bed -- someone check out the gaping hole below the jump in the...
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newVideoPlayer("CorvetteZR1HotLap_gawker.flv", 475, 276); var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Inside_the_650_HP_Corvette_ZR1_during_hot_lap_at_Laguna'; A few weeks back we broke the new the new up-powered model of the 'vette we've been talking about at length for the past year now -- the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 -- would be taking a hot lap or two around the track at Laguna Seca. We knew we'd get some pictures of the hot lap -- even posting a contest on it -- and we hoped for some video . What we didn't know was that the passenger of the ZR1 would be holding a camcorder. So, thanks to our friends at Corvette Quarterly, here's the exclusive video of the hot lap 'round Laguna Seca with Corvette racer Johnny O'Connell. It's epic and we think we just may have wet ourselves. While we clean up, we'll let you take a gander -- and listen to the sweet, sweet engine sounds. We certainly don't think you'll be seeing a look at the new...
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This is it. Thanks to an anonymous tipster we have what appear to be the very first and clearest shots yet procured of the 2009 LS9 6.2-liter V8 engine powering the 2009 Corvette ZR1 -- something we weren't expecting to see until the Detroit Auto Show in January. But, since information yearns to be free -- and whoa, nelly, do these shots show off some serious information on what will be the most serious piece of weaponry in the General's quiver come next year -- here they are and here's what we know. Essentially what you're looking at is what appears to be a standard twin-screw-type supercharger mounted below a highly efficient air-to-water intercooler system. Now, we can't speculate if it's tied into the engine system or if it has an independent radiator system -- but we feel pretty confident all of this is a one-off, which means the General's running the show on every single horsepower above and beyond the stock horse output from the 6.2-liter V8 it all sits...
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