Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 (C6)
Why 5.0: A hand-assembled supercharged LS9, carbon-ceramic brakes as standard, and a polycarbonate window in the carbon bonnet so the blower is visible from outside. It cost $103,300, only 4,684 were built, and manual was the only gearbox — a combination that keeps a lot of them indoors.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The LS9's Eaton blower whines clearly over a 6.2 V8 that barks properly through the standard exhaust, and the bonnet window is a fair hint at the intent. Supercharging still trims the top end, and 6,600 rpm is not far to travel.
8-cylinder · supercharged · 6,600 rpm redline · rated 7.3 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €95k (2009) → €87k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
There aren't any — strict two-seater.
The only position there is, so makers of this era equip it: expect a passenger-airbag cut-off (key switch or occupant sensing) as standard, because there is no rear row to point children to. Whether the seat itself carries ISOFIX anchors is maker-specific — Porsche bundles them with its child-seat preparation, Ferrari sold them as an option, others are belt-mount only with the airbag off.
Derived from production years and seating layout, not a per-car source. ISOFIX was standardised as ISO 13216 in 1997, required on new EU model types from 2011 and on all new EU cars from 2014.
The long version
The ZR1 was General Motors proving a point at the end of the C6's life. The LS9 is a 6.2-litre small block with a four-lobe Eaton supercharger, hand-assembled at the Performance Build Center and rated at 638 hp and 604 lb-ft — enough for 205 mph and, in 2011, a 7:19.63 lap of the Nordschleife. Around it went carbon-ceramic brakes as standard equipment, carbon fibre for the roof, bonnet, splitter and rocker panels, magnetic dampers, and that window in the bonnet. There was no automatic option at all: a six-speed manual driving a rear-mounted transaxle was the only configuration sold. It was also the first Corvette to break six figures, at $103,300, and just 4,684 were built across five model years. Values then did what fast Corvettes always do — fell hard, bottoming in the low sixties around 2018 — and have since climbed back toward the original list price as the last supercharged manual Corvette became a known quantity. They get used, but carefully: too expensive to be casual with, too quick to be dull.