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The Corvette Moray is a concept car based on the Corvette coupe and designed by Giorgetto and Fabrizio Giugiaro of Italdesign, commemorating 50 years of the Chevrolet Corvette. It included a 6.0 litre V8 engine, door window half dome, and gull-wing doors hinged at the rear pillar. The vehicle was unveiled at the 2003 Geneva Motor Show. [21] [22]
Chevrolet Corvette (C8) Z06, based on the C8 platform 2020; Originally, the Z06 designation was an order code for an options package in the 1963 model year. Zora Arkus-Duntov, known as the “father of the Corvette” came up with the idea to circumvent a 1957 corporate agreement between American manufacturers forbidding automobile racing.
The Z06 was the official pace car for both the 2006 Daytona 500 and the Indianapolis 500 race. Car and Driver recorded a 0–60 mph (97 km/h) acceleration time of 3.6 seconds and 1/4 mile in 11.7 seconds at 125 mph (201 km/h) in October 2005. The Z06 contains the following enhancements over the standard C6 Corvette:
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 refers to different models of the Chevrolet Corvette: Chevrolet Corvette C2 Z06 (1963) Chevrolet Corvette C5 Z06 (2001-2004) Chevrolet Corvette C6 Z06 (2006-2013) Chevrolet Corvette C7 Z06 (2015-2019) Chevrolet Corvette C8 Z06 (2023-)
Official output was 505 hp (377 kW; 512 PS) and has a 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) time of 3.7 seconds. Top speed is 198 mph (319 km/h). [78] Another first for a Corvette, the Z06 featured a full aluminum chassis. The frame mirrored the C5/6 architecture, but substituted aluminum hydroformed rails and aluminum extrusions and castings fore and aft.
The C7-generation Corvette ZR1, with its front-mounted 755-hp supercharged V-8 and an eight-speed automatic, hit 60 mph in 3.0 seconds and needed 10.8 ticks at 135 mph to finish the quarter-mile run.
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Dragstrip results indicate 0-to-60 mph time of 3.6 seconds and 1/4 mile performance of 11.6 seconds at 125 mph. The following year, the 2017–present Callaway SC750 Camaro ZL1 was introduced and it is the most powerful of all Callaway Camaros to date, as of mid-2018: 750 bhp at 6500 rpm and 739 lb-ft torque at 3650 rpm (SAE).