A 2010 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 wearing a full carbon fiber widebody kit that adds 14 inches to its rear haunches is heading to Mecum’s Nashville auction this September. They call it “Black Manta,” and subtlety was never on the menu.
The C6 ZR1 always had an identity problem. It packed GM’s supercharged 6.2-liter LS9 — 638 horsepower, 604 lb-ft of torque, one of the most ferocious engines ever bolted into a production Chevrolet — but dressed it in bodywork that most people couldn’t distinguish from a base Corvette at a stoplight. Whoever commissioned this build took that personally.
Built in collaboration with Gi Automotive Group and Car Porn Racing, the Black Manta stretches 12 inches wider at the front and 14 inches wider at the rear than a stock C6. Every added inch is sculpted in carbon fiber. The result looks less like a Corvette and more like something that escaped from a late-2000s SEMA hall and somehow learned to live on public roads.
Underneath the theatrical bodywork, the mechanical package is dead serious. The LS9 remains the centerpiece, mated to a six-speed manual — the correct transmission for a car this unhinged. An Aeromotive A1000 fuel pump sits in the fuel system, hinting that someone either planned for more power or already found it.
The listing doesn’t confirm any additional engine modifications, but that pump isn’t factory equipment. The chassis got proper attention too. LG coilovers and Pfadt sway bars handle suspension duties, while massive 20×13-inch DPE wheels fill those grotesquely wide rear arches.
This isn’t a show car bolted onto stock running gear. Someone wanted it to actually work.
The odometer reads 15,810 miles, which suggests this thing has actually been driven — a rarity for builds this extreme. Most SEMA-grade widebodies live on trailers and turntables. This one apparently hit pavement.
There are a couple of details worth noting in the auction photos. A check engine light and a TPMS warning are both visible on the dash. The listing doesn’t address either one.
Could be the car was photographed in accessory mode. Could be something else. Mecum hasn’t flagged any mechanical issues, but a buyer who doesn’t ask questions about those lights deserves whatever answers they eventually get.
The C6 ZR1 market has been quietly firming up as collectors rediscover the last front-engine Corvettes with genuine supercar credentials. Clean, stock examples have been creeping toward six figures. This car is emphatically not stock, which makes pricing it a gamble.
Widebody customs either command premiums from the right buyer or get dismissed as someone else’s taste problem. There is very little middle ground.
What the Black Manta really represents is a time capsule of a specific moment in car culture — when the LS9 was king, when wide was the only acceptable direction, and when carbon fiber solved every aesthetic complaint. It’s excessive, loud, and completely committed to its own absurdity.
Whether it sells for supercar money or mid-range C6 money in Nashville will say a lot about where the modified Corvette market stands in late 2026. Either way, nobody in that auction tent will be able to look away from it.
Share this Story