Wow, so many posts to reply to lol
First off, the ZR1 is going to be bought by a COMPLETELY different group of people than buy the regular Corvettes (they're twice the price!). Z06 owners are quite a bit different than Coupe owners, often. Coupe owners are MORE LIKELY (not stereotyping) to be cruising around. Be it an older man or woman, wife's car, or some young dude trying to look cool. Typically, Z06's are owned by Corvette fans that are more enthusiasts. One thing I LIKE about the Z06 (and the original ZR-1) is that it DOESN'T look much different from a Corvette. I like the fact that most people don't know it's any different, and it's not all flashy and grabbing everyone's attention. The attention it WILL grab, is from the people who are really into cars. With that being said....everytime I have gone up to Road Atlanta, it is completely dominated by Z06's. It's almost sickening how many are on the track. There are typically even more C6 Z06's there than Vipers. On average, I will see 2 - 4 Vipers, 1 Ford GT, and 4 - 6 C6 Z06's....and countless C5 Z06s. I have never seen an ACR, but that is a very rare car...so I won't count that. But, I have yet to see a GTS there. It is normally some old dude in an SRT convertible running C class with his wife and having a good time (nothing wrong with that).
Now, even with that being said......several previous Z06 owners were unable to afford the C6 Z06. With the ZR1, there will be an even smaller group of buyers. I believe these are the guys who are more likely to race, than other Corvette owners. I don't track my car, because I don't have the money to buy pads and tires, not to mention the other maintenance from track use (abuse?). Guys who like Corvettes and have money, build the piss out of C5 (and I've seen several C6) Z06's and track them all the time. I really think that you are going to see more of these type people buying ZR1's and going right to the track. But, yes....you are also going to have several who buy one, and go put it in the garage for 20 years and try to sell it with 500 miles on the odometer. But people will be doing the same thing with the ACR.....that happens with any limited production special edition car. Bottom line is.....the group of people who are driving around 30 - 45k Vettes are NOT the same people who are going to be buying the (estimated) 110k ZR1. And with the disappointment of the market value of the original ZR-1's, I don't think people are going to be nearly as expectant of getting a huge return out of parking one.
And about Viipermann's math.....the current LS3 is making close to 450bhp, and the ZR1 IS STILL NOT OUT YET SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT ITS HORSEPOWER NUMBER IS....that's why he put 450 + ???