C8 Chevy Corvette Z06 Will Have 600-Plus HP and a Ferrari-Like Shriek

From Car and Driver

• The upcoming Z06 will be the first performance variant of the new mid-engined C8 Corvette.

• It will use a naturally aspirated 5.5-liter V-8 engine with a flat-plane-crankshaft design.

• Expect it to arrive sometime in 2021 with a starting price of around $85,000.

This story originally appeared in the May 2020 issue of Car and Driver as part of our 25 Cars Worth Waiting For package. Our sneak preview of the most exciting cars coming in the next few years draws on knowledge from leaked product-development plans, spy photos, and loose-lipped insiders mixed in with information that has already been officially released. The reporting for this story was completed in February and early March, before the auto industry began feeling major effects of the coronavirus pandemic. As many automakers are now delaying or pausing development programs, the debut and on-sale dates reported here may change.

The upcoming Chevy Corvette Z06 will be the first of several upcoming ultra-high-perform­ance variants of the C8 Corvette. We expect it to go on sale in early 2021 as a 2022 model, starting at about $85,000. It's a return to the stripped-down-for-action, high-revving, track-worthy Vette embodied by the 505-hp 7.0-liter V-8-powered C6 Z06 of 2006 through 2013.