That might be a strong statement, but it’s not as strong as the spectacularly unhinged track-torching Corvette Z06.
Here's the short version of our review ofHow can we say this so definitively? What about the Ford GT, you might ask? What about the Dodge Viper ACR? We've driven them, tested them with our instrumentation, and we've tracked them, and they're both great cars. Each is a Le Mans winner in its own right . The 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 is better.As much as there is to talk about with the new C8 Corvette Z06, we must begin with the sacrilegious.
This is the kind of manic top-end thrust that makes your spine tingle, and it feels almost out of control as it just keeps building. It makes you wonder if you shouldn't short-shift just so things don't get too out of hand, as if leaving it in gear until redline might somehow let the car get away from you. It dares you to stay on the throttle until you hit the redline, even when you're running out of road and really ought to consider braking.
Start your run by using launch control; the car hits 60 mph in just 2.6 seconds on the way to a 10.6-second quarter-mile time at 131.6 mph. These are wild numbers for a base Z06 convertible with all the trimmings and base tires and the 100-pound-heavier power-folding roof. This convertible weighs a hefty 3,774 pounds and makes"only" 460 lb-ft. Step on the other pedal, and the massive carbon-ceramic brakes, in the best GM tradition, stop the Corvette right damn now.
That's if you drive it properly, of course. Get too aggressive entering or exiting a corner, and things can get messy. Carry too much trail-braking into the turn, and the rear end will unload and step out. It's easy to catch and control, and you can just as easily avoid it by starting and ending your braking sooner and being smoother with your steering input. Similarly, carrying too much speed mid-corner can induce mild and predictable understeer.
Not that the Z06 doesn't urge you to chase that last tenth, hundredth, or thousandth of a second. Midcorner bumps do not matter to this car. Want to use the curbing? Go for it. Slam off the red-and-whites. It doesn't care. There's an unfazeable confidence to it, a feeling that it's impervious to big hits in the suspension, similar to what
If the Z06 has anything you could call a weak point, it's that the car can overdrive the base Pilot Sport 4S tires on a track. The Cup 2Rs solve that problem. Power-on oversteer is much more difficult to induce when exiting a corner, and you must carry a lot more speed to get any midcorner understeer.
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