One of the biggest celebrity car collectors gets a taste of the new ZR1’s performance.
Jay Leno is not only one of Hollywood’s most prominent comedians, but he is also one of the automotive world’s biggest names. He has an immense car collection and a show that highlights some of the best the automotive industry has to offer, old and new. In a new episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Leno shows off one of the newest American performance sensations: the C8-generation Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.
Historically, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is the pinnacle of Corvette performance, with track-ready character and immense power that shows off the best American high-performance automotive engineering has to offer. The newest generation of the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 brings the ZR1’s uncompromised performance brief to the new, first-ever mid-engined generation of the Corvette, and the result is exciting.
Its twin-turbocharged 5.5-liter V8 engine boasts an unthinkable 1,064 horsepower and 828 lb/ft of torque. With aggressive carbon fiber aerodynamics and even carbon fiber wheels, it’s designed to achieve the greatest performance of any Corvette model yet. Jay Leno brought GM’s President, Mark Reuss, onto Jay Leno’s Garage to experience the new ZR1 and to show how far the Corvette has come, it was placed alongside Reuss’ father’s 1960s Corvette, which featured the 427 engine and a two-speed Powerglide transmission, which both pushed the boundaries of performance at the time.
In the video, Reuss gives Leno an in-depth tour of the new ZR1, showing off every aspect of the new American supercar that makes it one of the greatest Corvettes yet. With its groundbreaking engineering, a new mid-engined platform, and undeniable performance legacy, the new Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 is a milestone in American automotive history, and you can watch Jay Leno take a close look at it now.
