Mario Andretti Corvette
Jan 16, 2019 • For Sale •
UPDATE 1/17/19 – We just received an anonymous tip claiming that this Corvette was owned and wrecked by the famous race car driver, Mario Andretti! The tipster provided enough details to make us think they may actually know what they're talking about. That may not make this car any more desirable, but it does add an interesting twist to the story!
FROM 1/15/19 – While the ZR1 is almost always an instant icon, the current iteration is likely a touch more significant given some pundits feel it's the swan song for the front-engined Corvette. With the mid-engined replacement seen testing in the open on an increasingly brazen basis, there's little doubt the Corvette recipe is heading for major upheaval – which makes the untimely demise of this 2019 ZR1 here on Copart all the more tragic.
The ZR1 is unapologetically brutish, belting out an incredibly 755 b.h.p. 60 m.p.h. doesn't even need a second gear, 'cause you can lay that speed measurement checkpoint to waste in first. The amount of carbon fiber and electronic suspension wizardry would make a NASA engineer envious, but the Corvette also holds onto a thoroughly old-school feature we enthusiasts hold dear: a conventional manual transmission, which will also depart with the arrival of the next generation model.
So you can start to see how much was lost with this destruction of this manual transmission example. Almost inevitably, the accident report will spell out sordid details like "excessive speed" or "inexperienced driver." For all of the complaining I do about retired couples being able to jump into a semi-trailer sized R/V and wreak havoc on highways with no experience driving such a rig, I should perhaps save some of my self-righteous rage for whoever destroyed this ZR1 a few months shy of its first birthday.
Wrecked exotics have spawned a popular culture on video sites like YouTube, where ambitious car enthusiasts rebuild wrecks like these for sport (and for viewers). This ZR1 will almost certainly re-appear on our roads in some reconstructed form, which is a good thing – but it will still never be the same, and its ability to overcome that dark mark on its history will take a few years to absolve. If the experts agree, however, that this ZR1 was a sort of swan song, its potential ROI may indeed be quite strong.
Source: https://barnfinds.com/wrecked-2019-corvette-zr1-up-for-grabs-1/
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