Wednesday 8th January 2014

C7 Corvette Z06 teased

Technical SNAFU on Corvette website gives reveals power and torque pre-Detroit

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The Corvette Stingray hasn't even been driven in the UK yet (as soon as possible, promise), but the Z06 is already being prepared for a debut at Detroit next week.

Pilot Sport Cups wise with 620hp

Now Corvette would like us all to keep tabs on the Z06 reveal site until the unveiling on Monday, presumably as information is drip fed through to maintain interest. However, a little bit of internet digging has revealed some info early, through the Chevy website. Then it disappeared.

Late yesterday afternoon, putting '2015 Corvette Z06 supercar reveal' into Google would have shown the Z06 makes 620hp and 650lb ft according to Chevrolet (see the screengrab). Today it's gone, proof surely it shouldn't have been there. That's a hell of a lot given the previous C6 ZR1 made 640hp and 604lb ft. What will the C7 ZR1 be like?

There's not a huge amount of additional info at present. Corvette is promising it will be the 'the most advanced Corvette ever made', and the teaser image shows it's running a very trick looking Michelin Pilot Sport tyre.

Z06 power revealed. Yesterday

PH has some experience with the last Z06, it providing our transport back from Geneva a few years back. 'Endearing' probably best sums up that experience from reading the story. You can see what Chris Harris made of the Z06 back in his Autocar days here.

More info on the C7 Z06 as it arrives.

(N.B. We know the lead image isn't a Z06, but it illustrates the point for now).

[LotusEspritTurbo]

Looks the business. Would be great to see more of these on UK roads.

[OleVix]

My god... 880nm, sounds like it has a turbo or an SC.... but why? So it will need extra traction control?

[dinkel]

The 505 brake made quite a few over-enthusiastic Z06 pilots switch pants: a 3rd gear foot down at 85 mph and the rear going all over the place . . . only some can cope with that. Thank God for ESP bits.

Serious car, and more of a handfull when driven in anger than a Porsche. Most won't . . .

[toohuge]

I've had a few hotlaps in the new C7 and it is a very accomplished piece of kit. It moves the Corvette forward massively in comparison with the C6 - an iteration that changed the game as it was.

Very much looking forward to this one.

Chris

[thatdude]

I like all the european high-performance / supercar offereings.....but there is always something raw and brash about a 'vette that makes them equally, if not a little bit more (for me at least) desirable

any info on tech specs of the engine (in terms of architecture etc)

[tim milne]

PH journos working hard I see.

http://jalopnik.com/2015-chevrolet-corvette-z06-ha...

Maybe nice to acknowledge Jalopnik as the source of so many stories on here.

Sometimes it's like Groundhog Day on here.

[Crunchy Nutter]

tim milne said:

PH journos working hard I see.

http://jalopnik.com/2015-chevrolet-corvette-z06-ha...

Maybe nice to acknowledge Jalopnik as the source of so many stories on here.

Sometimes it's like Groundhog Day on here.

Or maybe PH is monitoring the web for leaked data in the same way Jalopnik does. It's entirely possible that the two brands have independently discovered the same thing, so stop writing as though you know it all.

[Horse Pop]

OleVix said:

My god... 880nm, sounds like it has a turbo or an SC.... but why? So it will need extra traction control?

I think prevailing opinion on US auto blogs is that it's going to be supercharged.

[Horse Pop]

tim milne said:

PH journos working hard I see.

http://jalopnik.com/2015-chevrolet-corvette-z06-ha...

Maybe nice to acknowledge Jalopnik as the source of so many stories on here.

Sometimes it's like Groundhog Day on here.

I'm sure it works the other way too

[thatdude]

If there was stuff on other websites, I personally probably wouldnt know about it because I don't see them.

Anyway, who's to say other websites don't get their info from...other websites?

[P4ROT]

Horse Pop said:

OleVix said:

My god... 880nm, sounds like it has a turbo or an SC.... but why? So it will need extra traction control?

I think prevailing opinion on US auto blogs is that it's going to be supercharged.

+1 they've been pretty sure of this for a while- looks like its going to be a beast!

[TobyLaRohne]

Its going to be a 6.2L LT4 Supercharged beastie, or so the leaked photos appear to show...ontop of that there are also photo's of the C7's LCD interior screens in diagnostic mode or something and there is a supercharger icon and a boost gauge in the options menu which is already programmed into the car...basically the cat is out of the bag.




I don't know where this bks comes from that the C6 is a handful to drive, it handles like a big go kart on the limit and is very controllable, ontop of that I can plant all 540bhp down on the road in a straight line in 2nd and it always hooks up with no wheelspin (although the Michelin Pilot Supersports might help that situation).
For me they have to re-design the rear drastically before I'd ever consider one. Some massive arches and a nice diffuser might help. At the moment though it ruins the car for me, especially those silly lights and all 4 exhausts being crammed together in one line rather than being 2 by 2.

Edited by TobyLaRohne on Wednesday 8th January 12:06

[Corv99]

I do like this thing a lot.. still have a hankering for a C6 ZO6 upgrade from my C5 sometime, but need to be nearer my price range first..

[vetteheadracer]

The thing I find odd about all of this is the C6 ZR1 officially made 638BHP with a supercharged 6.2L motor. The C7 Z06 is only going make 620BHP from a supercharged 6.2L motor and yet the base LT1 motor it's based on makes more power than the base LS motor it was based on.
I would assume then the supercharger is going to be a different type from the one on the ZR1 i.e. smaller? lighter?

BTW I saw the C7R at Daytona last weekend which will also be revealed at the same press conference that you can watch live here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoCp4cR0FCw

Next Monday the 13th at 10 a.m. US Central time i.e. 4 p.m. UK time.

Note the race car is going to be yellow!







Both the C6R GT1 based on the C6 Z06 homologation and the C6R GT2 based on the C6 ZR1 homologation shared very similar fender vents to the road cars. So I would expect the new C7 Z06 will have similar if narrower vents to these.

[zebedee]

I've never really got my head around Corvette nomenclature.

Is their a basic Corvette?
If so, what is different about the Stingray (which as far as I know is new on the C7 having last been used back in the 60s?)
What does Z06 mean, is it the top of the range performance wise and what does this normally entail - supercharging?

I'm genuinely interested as it is something I feel I should know!

[skyrover]

zebedee said:

I've never really got my head around Corvette nomenclature.

Is their a basic Corvette?
If so, what is different about the Stingray (which as far as I know is new on the C7 having last been used back in the 60s?)
What does Z06 mean, is it the top of the range performance wise and what does this normally entail - supercharging?

I'm genuinely interested as it is something I feel I should know!

C7 = bog standard naturally aspirated
Z06 = more expensive, faster, still naturally aspirated
ZR1 = Ultimate... the best you can buy, supercharged

[zeppelin101]

The basic Corvette has been a naturally aspirated V8 since forever.

The current model is "just" a 6.2l V8 in auto or manual trim with an optional performance pack which has posh brakes and what not in it.

The Z06 version is the hot one. Last two haven't been supercharged. The C5 was a breathed on 5.7l and the last C6 had a 7.0l V8 in it with 505hp. The new one may be different again.

The C6 also had a ZR1 version which was supercharged and the top of the range model. It looks like the Z06 is moving to replace the previous ZR1.

If they make another ZR1 for this model, god knows what kind of an animal that will be...!

[zebedee]

So what is the 'Stingray'? Is it a body style?

[Turbobanana]

"Technical SNAFU on Corvette website gives reveals power and torque pre-Detroit"

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[DB9VolanteDriver]

zebedee said:

So what is the 'Stingray'? Is it a body style?

A name given to a particular styling element used on a Corvette. 1967 Stingrays were so named because on the bonnet, the scoop and the lead-in strake, taken together looks rather like a stingray. Note that corvettes have seldom had official names attached to them as a model. Without thinking too hard about it, maybe Stingray is the only time an official name was used for a Corvette.

Z06 actually refers to a production option code (I think they are called R (egular)POs in GM nomenclature). Z06 was first offered back in the 60s, then on the C5 gen vette and the C6, and now on gen 7. Camaro Z28, for instance refers to the 'Z28' RPO. So, the first 3 gen Z06's are NA, while it appears this newest Z06 will be SC.

ZR1 was the top dog on the C4 gen, because it had a massively more expensive motor: DOHC built by Mercury Marine and designed by Lotus/GM. And of course the lastest C6 ZR1 introduced the SC to the 6.2L engine, so no exotic engine, but lots of power.