1,250 hp, 10 miles, and a price tag that makes the Corvette story unravel
Chevy promised a blue-collar hypercar with 1,250 hp. One dealer just doubled the sticker — and the car has 10 miles on the odometer.
The Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X was supposed to be the blue-collar hypercar — no seven-figure sticker, but the kind of performance that makes European royalty squirm. And now a brand-new ZR1X Convertible is sitting on a dealer lot for nearly half a million dollars. Yes, really.
The car in question is a 2026 Corvette ZR1X 3LZ Convertible with 10 miles on the clock — basically rolled off the truck and parked. Paint is Blade Silver Metallic, the cabin a bold mix of Asymmetrical Adrenaline Red and Jet Black. Then comes the carbon-fiber fever dream: carbon wheels, carbon aero package, Level 2 carbon interior trim, the ZTK track package, black exhaust tips and a racing driver’s seat. The kind of options dealers build vacation homes on.
Now for the part that justifies the whole circus. The ZR1X is built on the 5.5-liter V8 from the Z06, but with twin turbos bolted on. To that they strapped the electric front axle from the E-Ray. The result — 1,250 hp and 1,320 Nm. Zero to 60 mph — 1.89 seconds. Top speed — 233 mph. Earlier in 2026 one ZR1X cleared the quarter-mile in 8.7 seconds. On pump gas. On road tires. Without prepping the track.
The official starting price of the 2026 Corvette ZR1X is $209,700. Even loaded with expensive options, the car looks suspiciously cheap next to a real hypercar — if all you measure is horsepower and acceleration. But this particular example is listed at $449,995. That’s more than double the base price. And that’s where the question gets sharp.
Sure, this is an open-top ZR1X in fully loaded 3LZ trim, drenched in carbon, with essentially no miles. Sure, demand for the most powerful Corvettes always breeds markups. But at $450,000 the buyer is no longer comparing acceleration times — they’re weighing status, rarity, resale value, and how badly they want the car right now instead of next year off a waiting list.
The Corvette ZR1X is one of the most unhinged American sports cars in recent memory. But this listing makes one thing brutally clear: even a “working-man’s hypercar” stops being affordable the second a dealer markup catches up with it.