The chevrolet Corvette Z06 is no underdog—it’s in benchmark territory for ultimate production car performance—one big reason why the Z06 won MotorTrend's 2023 Performance Vehicle of the Year!
elevates the Corvette to parity with the supercars whose performance it has long come close to matching. Its noise is as exotic as its spec sheet, and it is the most powerful naturally aspirated production V-8 ever. Not for the price, not for an American car—of all time.
Yet here is a car capable of stopping from 60 mph in 99 feet and generating 1.10 g on our skidpad on its weakest tires, Michelin Pilot Sport 4S rubber.wrapped in Pilot Sport Cup 2Rs shortens the stopping distance to 95 feet and ups the average skidpad grip to 1.16 g. That the Z07-equipped Z06 ripped up our figure-eight course neck and neck with the McLaren 765LT Spider shows its abilities need no qualification.
Instead, the Z06 upgrades open up and take advantage of more of the new mid-engine format's promise. The weight balance swings to 40 percent front, 60 percent rear, from the old Z06's 50/50. This has less of an effect on the Z06's total objective performance figures, which are only a hair or two better than the C7's, and more on their repeatability. Where before the old Z06 relied heavily on and eventually ran out of tire, the C8 beats less on its Michelins.
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