Chevrolet has announced its official performance estimates for the 2015 Corvette Z06, and, uh, they don’t disappoint.
The best numbers were obtained using Z06 coupes equipped with the new eight-speed automatic transmission and the Z07 performance package, which adds Brembo carbon-ceramic brake rotors, Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires, and the most spoilertastic and downforce-enabling aero bits available on the Z06. (Chevy will offer a number of different aero bundles.)
Chevrolet claims the Z06 sprinted through the benchmark 0-to-60-mph measure in just 2.95 seconds, and that it annihilated the quarter-mile in an equally impressive 10.95 at 127 mph. Those who opt for the seven-speed manual transmission will have to be content with claimed 3.2- and 11.2-second (also at 127 mph) times. The car is propelled through time and space by a supercharged LT4 small-block V-8 making 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft of torque; check out our deep dive on the engine here.
Given the automaker’s choice to report the performance results down to the hundredths of a second, it would appear that breaking the 3.0- and 11.0-second barriers with the Z06 was a top priority for the Corvette development team. There’s nothing wrong with splitting a few hairs to grab some headlines when it reflects a genuine improvement in performance—the quickest times we recorded for the C6 Z06 were 3.4 seconds to 60 and 11.6 through the quarter.
Straight-line speed can be exhilarating, but sooner or later you’re going to need to stop, either for a bathroom break, the cops, or, possibly for some donuts of the melted-rubber variety. (Or confectionary doughnuts; your call.) Whatever the case, the Z06’s claimed 60–0 stopping distance of 99.6 feet—we measure braking from 70 mph to 0, so we don’t have a comparable figure—will have your internal organs looking for escape routes. GM says it’s the top decelerative performance of any production car it has ever tested.
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Speaking of bests, the Z06 Corvette is also the fastest production car to loop GM’s 2.9-mile Milford Road Course, besting the C6 Corvette ZR1’s time by a full second. The new car also clobbered the Corvette’s previous top mark for roadholding as measured by GM, with the Z06 pulling a lateral-acceleration number of 1.20 g, compared with the previous Corvette record of 1.13 g.
Yay Z06!
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