Chevy Corvette Z06 C8, C7, C6, And C5 Hit The Observe In Promo Video

It’s best to lastly begin seeing the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 on the street quickly, and Chevy is sustaining pleasure for the mannequin by releasing a video of it on the observe. The brand new mannequin is not alone. The C5, C6, and C7 generations of the Z06 are a part of the pack, too. The unique C2 is lacking, however there’s some archival footage of that mannequin.

Racing driver Oliver Gavin is the video’s host. The man is sort of aware of Corvettes on the observe. In his competitors profession, he recorded 5 class wins within the ‘Vette, together with within the C5, C6, and C7 generations on the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

Gavin is on the wheel of the C8 Z06 however provides his temporary emotions concerning the earlier fashions. He mentioned the C5 felt “in contact with the street.” The C6 “clicked” with him, and the C7 had an incredible sound. He simply needed to “maintain doing lap after lap after lap” within the newest one.

Sadly, it is much less of a race and extra of a parade when these vehicles lap the observe on the similar time. Nobody seems to be pushing too exhausting. Even with a five-second hole between them beginning off, the C8 Z06 takes a straightforward win. 

This result’s comprehensible as a result of Chevy is selling the brand new mannequin, not doing an precise comparability between the newest Z06 and the earlier ones.  The corporate needs to promote the brand new automobile with this clip.

In line with Motor1.com’s Brandon Turkus, the C8 Z06 is a really particular machine. In his First Drive, he wrote:

And whereas I’ve pushed issues which can be extra highly effective and extra succesful in that point, solely the 2023 Z06 has captured that mixture of absolute function, large indulgence, and accessible functionality that I skilled that day within the [Ferrari] 458.

The brand new Z06 boasts a 5.5-liter dual-overhead-cam V8 with a flat-plane crankshaft. The engine pumps out 670 horsepower (500 kilowatts) and 460 pound-feet (624 Newton-meters) of torque. The one gearbox accessible is an eight-speed dual-clutch gearbox. This is sufficient to attain 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers per hour) in 2.6 seconds. The usual high velocity is 195 mph (314 kph). The high-downforce Carbon Aero package deal drops this to 189 mph (304 kph).