Chevy Honors Tadge Juechter on 2025 ZR1 & All Future Corvettes!

Chevy designers placed an emblem depicting Corvette Executive Chief Engineer, Tadge Juechter, on the 2025 Corvette ZR1 coupe’s rear glass.

Today has been remarkable. Chevrolet debuted the 2025 Corvette ZR1 and it is the most powerful and fastest Corvette in history. Powered by a twin-turbocharged 5.5L V8 engine, the LT7, the ZR1 makes over 1,000 horsepower, races to the quarter mile in under 10 seconds, and is expected to top 215 mph. It is the most powerful V8-powered American car ever produced by an automaker and sold with a factory warranty. And it marks the return of the split-window coupe! However, while it’s beyond fun to think about just how INSANE the ZR1 truly is, it’s also a somber moment. Why? Because it’s also likely the last time Corvette Executive Chief Engineer, Tadge Juechter, will be overseeing the launch of a new Corvette.

Well, unless he sneaks back in to give us the long-rumored ZORA.

Juechter worked at General Motors for 47 years before announcing his retirement. He spent 31 of these years building Corvettes and leading Corvette teams. He’s delivered many great Corvettes over the years, but none quite as shocking as the C8 Corvette ZR1 with 1,064 HP, 828 lb-ft of torque, and over 1,200 pounds of downforce when driving at top speed with the carbon fiber aero kit. To honor Juechter’s service, Chevy designers placed an emblem of his face on the rear glass of the ZR1 coupes. According to GM, they placed Juecther’s face “on the top left of the ZR1’s split rear window” to recognize “Juechter’s immense contributions to Corvette over the decades.”

Sorry, future ZR1 convertible owners.

All Future Corvettes Will Honor Tadge

But wait, there’s more!

Although the Tadge Juechter easter egg will on the 2025 ZR1 coupes, GM plans to place the graphic on all 2025 model year Corvettes and beyond. Stingray, Z06, E-Ray, and ZR1. “Tadge made our vehicles and our company better every day that he came to work, for nearly five decades, with his career culminating in the fastest, most powerful Corvette of them all,” said GM President Mark Reuss. “ZR1, and all Corvettes that follow, will wear this symbol commemorating his immense contributions and celebrating his legacy forever.”

Specifically, the emblem will appear on the front windshield glass and front tunnel reinforcement panel “beneath every Corvette.” This makes Juechter the second Corvette chief engineer, after Zora Arkus-Duntov, to appear on all production Corvette windshields.

Tadge Juechter Career Highlights

Courtesy of Chevrolet…

• 1977: Juechter began his career at General Motors
• 1993: Juechter joined the Corvette program
• 1999: Juechter was named assistant chief engineer of Corvette
• 2006: Juechter was named executive chief engineer of Corvette
• 2014: Juechter named “Man of the Year” by Automobile Magazine
• 2015: Corvette Stingray named in Car and Driver’s 10 Best Cars List
• 2019: Corvette ZR1 named Road and Track Performance Car of the Year
• 2020: Juechter named 2020 All-Star for product engineering by Automotive News
• 2020: Corvette wins North American Car of the Year
• 2023: Corvette wins Car and Driver 10 Best
• 2023: Corvette Z06 named Performance Car of the Year by MotorTrend