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Hat tip to Paul at thedetroitbureau to discovering an internal GM document to confirm the 2025 C8 Corvette Zora that will have 1000 horsepower and rumored to be all wheel drive and hybrid assist.

This C8 will be a monster. If the C8 Z06 wasn’t enough at 650 HP and the C8 ZR1 that should be 850 HP corvette and GM are about to take the supercar and exotic car market by storm with the Corvette Zora C8.

Lamborghini, Mclaren, Ferrari should all be on alert!

Here’s what Paul discovered:

Named for Zora Arkus-Duntov, the legendary General Motors engineer widely known as “the father of the Corvette,” it’s destined to be the “ultimate” version of the new C8 mid-engined ‘Vette. The Zora will rely on a gas-electric hybrid drivetrain that will punch out a full 1,000 horsepower through all four wheels.

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Among other things, the stop-work order confirmed that an assortment of other Corvette models are in the works, as was widely expected, including the traditional step-ladder upgrades, starting with the Z06 and then the ZR1.

The internal document, significantly, confirms what TheDetroitBureau.com has repeatedly reported: Chevrolet will be turning to electrification to punch up Corvette’s performance.

That includes a Corvette Grand Sport originally due out in 2023 that was to pair the current Stingray’s 6.2-liter V-8 with a hybrid-boost system to deliver about 600 hp, or more than 100 ponies beyond what the track-rated C8 can manage.

But things will be pushed to the extreme with the Zora that, insiders indicate, will pull together an assortment of bells and whistles to get up to a full 1,000 hp. That starts with a twin-turbo 5.5-liter V-8 and at least one, and possibly even more, electric motors.

Hat tip to Jalopnik and Hagerty for sharing this info on the leaked Corvette C8 Production schedule that shows GM bringing us the C8 Z06 in 2022 and a 1000HP C8 in 2025 named “ZORA”!

Hagerty has gotten its hands on a supposedly leaked schedule of release dates for each upcoming trim of the new mid-engine C8 Chevy Corvette. It shows a range-topper is due to drop in 2025 as a 1,000 horsepower hybrid called the “Zora,” so that’s cool.

Here’s what’s on the document Hagerty claims to have come across:

Model Year, Engine, Power (est.)Torque (est.), Likely Application

2021LT2, 6.2-liter 16-valve OHV, 490-495 hp, 465-470 lb-ft, RHD Corvettes for export

2022LT6, 5.5-liter 32-valve DOHC, 650 hp, 600 lb-ft, Corvette Z06

2023LT2, 6.2-liter 16-valve OHV hybrid, 600 hp, 500 lb-ft, Corvette Grand Sport

2024LT7, 5.5-liter twin-turbo DOHC, 850 hp825 lb-ft, Corvette ZR1

2025LT7HP1, 5.5-liter twin-turbo DOHC hybrid, 1000 hp, 975 lb-ft, Corvette ZORA

So at the top we have your standard, current C8 Corvette. No real surprises with the Z06 or ZR1, though they both look like winners already. The big news is not just one, but two hybrid Corvette models. The Grand Sport comes two years before and about 400 horsepower shy of the second hybrid—the range-topping 1,000 HP model supposedly called the Zora.

If this document is a real leak, and if this outline stays true through to production (with possible covid-19 delays coming), then we got some early reports a little wrong about what motors went in which Corvettes.

Many reports believed the ZR1 would be the range-topper, as has been the case in the past, and assumed the high-performance hybrid gear would naturally go in that model. But it appears the Zora will be something new, so that’s fun.

Just checked Autotrader.com, Cars.com, CarGurus.com and lastly Ebay and the HIGHEST Priced Corvette Midengine C8 is $225,000 with 1,200 HorsePower by Hennessey Performance!!

However, the highest priced non modified Corvette C8 is $159,880 on Cars.com by Silicon Auto Group.

With C8 corvette production halted at least until May and only 2,700 C8s produced prices are skyrocketing right now. On top of it we all know GM under-priced this car in comparison to Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, and Mclaren mid engine cars. Even the 2017 Acura NSX used is over 100k so for a starting price of $59,999 and most people going with the 2LT, 3LT and Z51 packages that take the new C8 to $70k-100k people are getting a steal for this car value wise.

Not surprised these C8s are going for so much are you?

When doing a 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette search on Cars.com we came across two new listings as of February 21st, 2020 that are marking up the new Chevrolet C8 Corvette by up to $50,0000!!!

Although Chevy Dealers say they won’t mark up the C8 (which we know they are from personal experience or ordering one..)

To be fair so far the listings we see on Cars.com of Chevy C8 corvette markup is not from a Chevy Dealer listed yet. (we will keep this post updated so bookmark it)

Here is one listing where one sold for $135k!

Also, we contacted another dealer listing a C8 3Lt for $74000 but no one called or emailed us back so maybe they are just using this listings as a fake listing or in anticipation of maybe gettings these cars eventually and gathering leads in the meantime by being the first listings.

Then we checked AutoTrader.com (there were no current C8 Corvette listings)

and Cargurus.com and found they don’t even have a 2020 drop down yet for corvettes like the C8 and only are listing the old C7 2019 new corvettes

 

Updated: September 21st, 2020

Thanks to Covid 19 and the limited availability C8 Corvettes are still being marked up.

There is a used 3LT C8 Corvette for Sale for $115,000 with 5k miles. This spec was most likely in the $84-90k range. So this has a 25-30k mark up.

It does look like it has aftermarket wheels but not much else different from factory.