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Jalopnik Visits Hennesey Performance: Track Addicts, The Corvette ZR1 And Lexus IS-F

With the demise of the Viper looming, Hennessey Performance is setting itself up to continue providing tuning services well into the future. Surprisingly, Hennessey will be working on the 2009 Corvette ZR1, a car that the company acknowledged as the Viper's enemy. They're also working on offering a kit for the Lexus IS-F, set to include headers and a modified exhaust system to squeeze more oopmh from the eight-geared oddity. And what about that big chunk of land they're sitting on?

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5:20 PM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,617 views, 17 comments

Latest by sizquik: I thought he was selling the IS-F. Change of heart or no takers?? more »

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2009 Corvette ZR1 Raptured, Leaves Behind Carefully Labeled Carbon Fiber Clothes

Here's a pretty slick wall display from Plasan, the supplier of the carbon fiber parts for the 2009 Corvette ZR1. Instead of just stacking their stuff on the floor and making a path for people to walk through, like we do in the home office, they decided to utilize the wonders of vertical storage and even went all the way with a clever labeling scheme. Here we find out the weights of all the carbon fiber bits they supply for the mega-Vette.

3:00 PM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By Ben Wojdyla
5,074 views, 34 comments

Latest by MOPAR-MAN: @ash78: I'm fat and middle aged, that's why I runa big block! more »

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2009 Corvette ZR1 Caught Testing In Assorted Colors

It's not secret that we're psyched about the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. So while we've already seen a lot of the upcoming super 'vette in blue, gray, and even with its LS9 engine in pieces, we're excited to see up close shots of it in red and yellow. And now, thanks to some kid hanging out near Corvette HQ in Kentucky, we have. How exactly were the ZR1s caught? They stopped to get burgers. Just don't tell Jeremy Clarkson; we'll never hear the end of it.

[YouTube via CorvetteBlogger via AutoBlog]

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2:30 AM on Sat Mar 29 2008
By Mark Arnold
8,706 views, 52 comments

Latest by Tony87: "diff'rent strokes for diff'rent folks" well put... more »

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Man Generously Selling First Batch Of Corvette ZR-1's, Only $350,000

We wouldn't blame someone for wanting three 2009 Corvette ZR-1's, as the supercharged V8-powered promises to be the fastest Corvette ever. We guess we can't blame him for selling the other two because, you know, what are you going to do with three of them? But call us old fashioned, because we think charging $350,000 a piece is somewhat uncool. There's no final official price for the car, but a tax slip from the Big BJ Vette Auction let slip that it may only be $99,000. Will the market bear a price 3.5 times the sale price? Probably. The ad below the jump.

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10:20 AM on Tue Mar 11 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,129 views, 25 comments

Latest by funkshway: "Does Rick Wagoner have to smack a b**ch" more »

Detroit Auto Show: A few facts about Jalopnik. Our readers' average age is 32, you love the Corvette ZR-1 and when it comes to Musical Motor City Mayhem, prefer Ted Nugent to Kid Rock.

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Barrett-Jackson to Auction First "Retailable" 2009 Corvette ZR1

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?"

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1:45 PM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By Ray Wert
3,725 views, 30 comments

Latest by CARBONFIBER: * The Price is Right? I will top the highest bid + $1 Mr.Barker. What do I win? And I dont want more »

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0-60 Magazine Gets Paws On ZR1, Shares Video With World


Brian Scotto and the other guys over at 0-60 Magazine got their hands on a gleaming new ZR1 for a photo shoot, and they've put together a nice video- complete with wow-chicka-wow Pr0n Music- of how it went. Check out the 0-60 coverage of the ensuing behind-the-scenes hilarity here. More »

7:00 PM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Murilee Martin
5,182 views, 20 comments

Latest by StuPidaso: as a former vette owner i can agree that the CEL is on as much as the traction control light. more »

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The 2009 Corvette ZR1 is Coming! So Sayeth Hennessey, Reveals 678 HP Venom 650R

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 press release for "fill in original Viper model name here". Yes, somehow methinks these won't be the only high horsepower numbers we'll be comparing by the time we hit the hay tonight.

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2:30 AM on Wed Dec 19 2007
By Ray Wert
11,861 views, 43 comments

Latest by slurpyutis: about the questions of john hennessey, no he doesnt have much credibility, and in fact has a bad reputation as more »

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Video of the Corvette ZR1 Hot Lap Around Laguna Seca...From Inside The ZR1!


A few weeks back we broke the news 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 'vette this good until the press shots start to seep out prior to the Detroit Auto Show.

[via Corvette Quarterly]

2:01 PM on Thu Dec 6 2007
By Ray Wert
27,335 views, 37 comments

Latest by KingRoyale: Finally, a car that comes from the factory not only with exhaust louder than the engine noise, but louder than more »

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2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1: First Video!


Yesterday we brought you some amazing new shots of the next-gen super-vette, the 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Now we've got an even better treat for you — the folks over at the Lane that's Fast on a Daily basis snagged themselves a nice get — the first engine sounds from the 2009 Corvette ZR1! And, thanks to some sideways wheelin' and dealin' on our part — we've got it first and without voice-over — so you can hear the sounds of that big 6.2-liter supercharged small-block as clearly and beautiful as we could get them to make it. We think we just had a Corvettegasm.
[via Fast Lane Daily]

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11:00 AM on Thu Sep 20 2007
By Ray Wert
32,526 views, 13 comments

Latest by AllenK: Oh baby!! That's nice!!! more »