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GM builds one-off Hero Edition Corvette ZR-1 for Kids Wish Network fundraiser

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There is no shortage of special-edition Corvettes out there, factory-produced or aftermarket. In fact, General Motors itself has released several custom kits in the past few months. But the Hero Edition Corvette ZR1, built to benefit the Kids Wish Network, is the only one of its kind.

Based on the Corvette ZR-1 - already a very special car - with unique red accents, custom graphics and extra carbon fiber components, the Hero Edition also gets unique badging proclaiming its one-off status plus signatures of the Corvette engineering and production team under the hood.

For a twist, the Hero Edition isn't for sale - not even up for auction. Instead, it will be raffled off by WinTheVettes to benefit charity. Entry tickets cost just $3 each, but discounts can be had for lots of 5 or more, all the way up to 6,000 tickets, which will cost just $5,000. What that means is you may well have to spend the purchase price of a standard ZR-1 in order to even have a chance at winning the car.

But that's what charity is for. Even though there's only one Hero Edition car, with all the money this car is likely to raise for the Kids Wish Network, there will be many, many heroes.
Via: CorvetteBlogger

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brick Posted: 5/7/2009 12:20pm PDT

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solo84 Posted: 5/7/2009 1:54pm PDT

commendable on GM's part. kudos

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Elmo187 Posted: 5/7/2009 10:05pm PDT

This ZR-1 should have been lowered, given a better paint job, better interior, different wheels...etc. I'm sure it will raise half a million dollars or more, but don't put out a special edition Vette that is hardly special.

its a special edition for a charity, you moron. how is that NOT special? auctioning it off to raise money for a foundation that helps kids grant their wishes who are less fortunate than us isn't something special?

just because something is a special edition, doesn't make it a more high performance version than the car its based on.

hell, the Ford Mustang Pink Edition was built to raise money for the Breast Cancer Foundation, and that was only a V6.

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