I know we just did the 1990 Corvette ZR-1, and the 1992 is basically mechanically identical, so this is just more of an exercise in 'Vette spotting cues than anything else.
For 1991, the C4 Corvette got a new, more aero nose, the molded "vents" in the front fenders switched from two vertical gills to four horizontal slots, and all 'Vettes received the convex rear and squarish taillamps of the ZR-1, so the only way to tell a '91 ZR-1 was a small ZR-1 badge on the rear fascia and the fact that its Center High-Mounted Stop Lamp was still externally mounted atop the hatch, while more pedestrian Corvettes had theirs integrated into the top center of the rear fascia.
The four-slot fender gills ran from '91-'96, so they don't narrow it down much. However this one has ZR-1 badges on the front fenders, also, and those were added in 1992. For 1993, the fortieth anniversary year of the Corvette, the 17" "sawblade" or "turbine" wheels received a shinier machined finish, replacing the matte cast finish on the '91-'92 cars, and then in 1994 the ZR-1 went to distinctive five-spoke wheels.
All that points to this Bright Red ZR-1 being a 1992 model.
It was photographed in October of 2024 using an Olympus OM-D E-M1X and M. Zuiko Digital 12-200mm f/3.5-6.3 zoom lens.
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