QOTD: How Insane is Too Insane?

by Tim Healey

Published: June 17th, 2025

The 2026 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X looks like something I'd have had on a poster on my wall when I was 13. It's specs are impressive -- but is the car too crazy?

On one level, I get it. Supercars aren't about being rational or logical, and all that power is meant to be used on a track. And sometimes these cars enter limited production as a homologation special -- sell X units so the factory or an independent team can race 'em.

To be clear, I am glad cars like this exist, and I am not bothered at all by Chevy's actions. The ZR1X will sell in too small a number to negatively impact the environment, and as intimidating as 1,250 horsepower sounds, I have faith that should I ever get to drive one, I have enough skill and common sense to handle it. Even if that meant driving very conservatively. I'm not saying I am a good enough driver to hop in one and push it around Road America at 10/10ths -- few automotive journalists are, and I am not one of them -- but I'd like to think I could handle it at legal-ish speeds on public roads, and that I could putter it around a track at a reasonable (read: cautious) pace.

That said, I do wonder at what point the returns begin to diminish. Or is it a moot point, since most of these cars are likely track-bound?

What say you?

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Lou_BC on Jun 19, 2025

This is one was to cull the Cars and Coffee boomer herd.

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Lou_BC on Jun 19, 2025

"How Insane is Too Insane?"
Based on the DSM - 5?

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