American supercar too expensive to produce?

If rumours are to be believed, the eagerly anticipated Corvette ZR1 - the supercar which ripped the Nurburgring a new one earlier this year - may never hit showrooms. DigitalCorvettes.com claims that production has been suspended on the ZR1.

The reason? The ZR1 is nowhere near as profitable as the cheaper Corvette Z06 coupe, and so cash-strapped General Motors has decided to shelve the former and turn out more of the latter in a bid to cut costs. Seems like the ZR1 was the right car for GM, but at the wrong time.

This doesn’t mean the ZR1 is dead - all Corvette production is off at the moment, but the factory should be in business again next Monday - and GM certainly won’t want to lose all of the R&D cash it invested in its fastest, most powerful ever car.

Corvette has yet to release an official statement about the future of the ZR1, but it does seem that those buyers with an order will have to be very patient.

If anyone out there with a ZR1 order can shed any light on the situation, we’d love to hear from you…