Despite widespread speculation that the hybridized Corvette ZR1 would bear the name Zora, GM went with Corvette ZR1X instead. Now, Chevrolet is explaining why.

The Chevrolet Corvette has been a constant throughout this magazine's existence. We begin our celebration with the most extreme version yet.

The ZR1’s turbos are the largest ever installed on a production passenger car, according to GM. The inertia of such large turbos is a recipe for turbo lag—that’s the delay between the time when a driver floors the gas pedal and the engine’s turbo reaches full boost to provide maximum power.