C4 ZR1 - How's it Rated?

[Penguinracer]

I'll admit to being a 'vette ignoramus - but the C4 ZR1 as the only OHC 'vette & the involvement of Lotus in developing the 32 valve motor has always intrigued me as one of the more sophisticated models & one of the early attempts to push the 'vette to European levels of efficiency.

My question is this:

How is the C4 ZR1 viewed in the pantheon of 'vette models - will it ever be seen as a seminal model & a true classic - one of the great 'vettes?

Or rather will it be viewed as a technologically interesting off-shoot which ultimately proved to be a blind alley?

[Penguinracer]

Thank you gentlemen. I can imagine these cars moving in much the same way as the Ferrari Testarossa - at one time unloved and unappreciated & now finding a second life as a much loved classic - with values reflecting this.
Tim