2023 C8 Corvette Z06 Does 0-60 MPH In 2.6 Seconds - Road & Track

The new 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 promises to be a very quick car. The C8 Stingray is already a mighty thing, capable of 2.8-second 0-60 mph runs, and the Z06 has 175 more horsepower and much wider tires. Option the Z07 package, and the Z06 gets Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R ZP tires, which are probably the stickiest street-legal tires available today. So it's no surprise that Chevrolet claims a 0-60 mph time of 2.6 seconds for the Z07-equipped Z06 coupe.

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Adopting a mid-engine layout and eschewing traditional automatics and manuals for a dual-clutch gearbox makes the C8 a straight-line beast. The Z06 also has a shorter final drive than the Stingray, and it wears 345/25R21 rear tires, which are among the widest in street cars available today. Given all this, it's reasonable to assume that Chevy's 2.6-second 0-60 time is conservative.

A 0-60 time like that puts the Z06 well into McLaren 720S territory, making it one of the quickest rear-drive cars of today. Hell, a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport managed 2.5 seconds to 60 mph in our testing just a decade ago.

Chevrolet hasn't released any other performance figures for the C8 Corvette Z06 yet, though we suspect they'll be equally impressive. And for all it's straight line fury, Tadge Juechter, chief engineer for the Corvette, insists that the new Z06 is far more than just a numbers machine. Driver engagement was the top priority here.

Still, we bet we'll see a lot of Z06s tearing up drag strips and giving far more expensive supercars a hard time.

Chris PerkinsFormer Senior Reporter

A car enthusiast since childhood, Chris Perkins served as Road & Track's engineering nerd and Porsche apologist.