The Chevrolet Corvette Zora Will Probably Cost $204,995 — Here’s Why
The 2025 Corvette ZR1 is set to be the most expensive Chevy ever. The starting price for the 1,064 hp model has been confirmed at $174,995.
That’s before you start checking the options boxes, of course, and a fully loaded convertible will run $204,990.
It won’t be the priciest ‘Vette for long, however, as Chevy is already working on a new version that will step things up in a big way.
Prototypes of the vehicle have been spotted lapping the Nürburgring wearing stickers that indicate it is a hybrid vehicle. Signs point to it being named the Zora after famed Corvette engineer Zora Arkus-Duntov.
Chevrolet hasn’t confirmed anything about it, but it will likely combine ZR1’s mid-engine powertrain with the front electric motor from the hybrid E-Ray to create an all-wheel-drive hyper-‘Vette with more than 1,200 hp. If that’s the case, it offers an idea of how much it will cost.
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The E-Ray uses the 495 hp V8 from the Stingray and costs $38,600 more than the entry-level model. Add that to the price of the ZR1 and you end up with $213,595.
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However, the E-Ray also features a widebody design it borrows from the Z06, which the ZR1 already has, so that doesn’t need to be added to the cost of the Zora. Chevrolet doesn’t offer a widebody Stingray that would allow us to break out the pricing for the option, but one of its recent American sports car competitors used to.
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The Dodge Challenger was offered in a variety of standard and widebody models, with the cost differential of an identical trim roughly $8,000. We’ll go ahead and call it $9,000 for the Corvette and put the Zora at $204,995, which is an even $30,000 more than a base ZR1 and a fiver over a loaded convertible.
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It’ll be a while before we know anything about the car for sure. The ZR1 was first revealed last July and its price was just announced this month ahead of the order books opening in February. We’d expect a similar rollout this year and next for the Zora.
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