Many believe America's most powerful production car deserved a different name, but here's why Chevy didn't go with Zora for its new Corvette ZR1X.

For the better part of a decade, the Corvette rumor mill has been churning about the development of an ultimate performance variant expected to be called “Zora.” For those in the know, Zora Arkus-Duntov was the legendary chief engineer who transformed the Corvette from what might have been a short-lived Chevrolet roadster like the first-generation

Chevrolet threw everything at the ZR1X, adding a more powerful version of the E-Ray's hybrid AWD to the twin-turbo LT7 V8.