Imagine cruising in Michigan, going a smidge over the speed limit, when you see through your rear-view mirror a ZR1 with mars lights racing up behind you. If you're anything like us, you would probably need to change your Jockeys after such a sight.

Luckily for us, the Michigan State Police Corvette ZR1 Bob Lutz posted to the GM FastLane Blog earlier today is not exactly a reality. Lutz is the Vice-Chairman at General Motors. We called the Michigan State PD just to be safe, and they assured us that they are not taking possession of any $100,000 cars... no matter how fun it would be to drive.

The 2009 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 has a LS9 supercharged 6.2L V8 engine, getting 620 horsepower and 595 ft-lb of torque. With a race hardened six-speed manual transmission, gigantic brakes, suspension providing more than 1g cornering grip, and a dual-disc clutch, you would have a very difficult time outrunning the 5-0. 0-60mph in 3.5 seconds is nothing to take lightly.

"I think Lutz was just having fun," the police spokesman said.

Although it would be cool to see helicopter video of one of these ZR1 chasing down drug runners and human traffickers coming into Michigan after taking a shipment at the Port of Indiana, for now that type of thing will just have to play out on the big screen.

 

What a waste, they are going to be on a high speed pursuit and the roof with their lights will fly off LOL!

 

good publicity for everyone with only a simple PS.

 

yea, looks like running away is not an option, time for a LS7 swap...

 

What's the point if all they'll do is eating donuts and drinking coffee all day in that thing.

 

they wont be able to drink their coffee, it will be in thier laps when doing over a 1G in a corner

 

 

Thats an optional "reduce weight now" button

 

They'll never catch me.

 

Heh. The cops in Michigan don't need that. They got me just fine with the Police Interceptor.