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Motor Trends Arthur St. Antoine takes a close look at the all new 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1. Check out our First Drive review of the 2009 Chevy Corvette ZR1!

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00:00 I'm Arthur St. Antoine with Motor Trend Magazine, and we're out here in the Arizona desert today

00:09 to test one of the most hotly anticipated sports cars in years.

00:13 The most powerful production automobile General Motors has ever built, the all new 2009 Chevrolet

00:18 Corvette ZR1.

00:25 Under the hood, an incredible motor, 6.2 liters of supercharged V8, making 638 horsepower.

00:34 Inside the wheel wells, monster carbon ceramic brakes, borrowed from the Ferrari FXX in front

00:39 and the Ferrari Enzo at the rear.

00:42 Carbon fiber hood, carbon fiber roof, and other bits.

00:45 Can this baby post the numbers?

00:46 You bet it can.

00:47 So we're going to find out exactly what they are today.

01:04 First up, the drag strip.

01:06 Get the launch right, don't roast the rear tires, and the ZR1 posts numbers that will

01:11 leave your jaw on the floor.

01:12 Zero to 60, 3.3 seconds, quarter mile, an unbelievable 11.2 seconds at 130.5 miles an

01:21 hour.

01:22 Wow.

01:23 Braking performance will leave your eyeballs against the windshield.

01:26 With its huge carbon ceramic binders, the ZR1 stops from 60 miles an hour in just 97

01:32 feet.

01:33 The ZR1 ripped around our patented Motor Trend figure eight course.

01:39 3.7 seconds at 0.87 average G. That's one of the best performances we've ever seen from

01:44 any production automobile.

01:51 At just over $100,000, the ZR1 packs unbelievable bang for the buck.

01:56 Sports cars costing more than twice the price are going to be humiliated by this new beast

02:00 from Detroit.

02:01 With the ZR1, Chevrolet has rewritten the benchmarks for sports cars at any price.

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2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 - First Test

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