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The Chevrolet Corvette (C6) is the sixth generation of the Corvette sports car that was produced by Chevrolet division of General Motors for the 2005 to 2013 model years. It is the first Corvette with exposed headlamps (as opposed to hidden headlamps) since the 1962 model. Production variants include the Z06, ZR1, Grand Sport, and 427 Convertible.
C6.R GT1 (Z06) In 2005, the factory Corvette Team began racing the C6.R to coincide with the new sixth-generation (C6) Corvette being released to the public. Private teams, primarily in Europe, continued to race the C5-R for a couple of years before switching to the C6.R. Corvette C6.R went on to win its class at every race it entered in the ...
Larbre's GTE-Am class-winning Corvette C6.R at the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans. The first team to run a privateer Corvette C6.R GT2 car was the French-based Larbre Competition. In their first race with the car, they finished with a DNF at the 2011 12 Hours of Sebring, but would later come back to win the GTE-Am class of the 2011 24 Hours of Le Mans.
The C7 Corvette coupé at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show The C7 Corvette at the 2013 North American International Auto Show showing the Kalahari color interior in a Cyber Gray coupé. The Corvette Stingray Coupe went on sale in the US in the third quarter of 2013, as a 2014 model-year vehicle.
2020 ICE 2.9 s [172] 467 kW Chevrolet Corvette C8 Stingray Z51 2020 ICE 2.9 s [173] 369 kW Ferrari 296 GTB 2022 ICE 2.9 s [174] 610 kW Mercedes-AMG GT 63 S 4MATIC+ 2018 ICE 2.99 s [127] [175] [176] 470 kW Porsche 911 Turbo S (997) 2010 ICE 3.0 s [177] 390 kW McLaren 675LT: 2015 ICE 3.0 s [178] 496 kW Ferrari 812 Superfast: 2017 ICE 3.0 s [112 ...
Tested performance figures by Road & Track magazine include a 0–60 mph (0–97 km/h) acceleration time of 4.9 seconds, a quarter mile time of 13.4 seconds, braking distance of 132 ft from 60 mph and 233 ft from 80 mph along with skidpad acceleration of 0.94 g. The car's tested top speed by the magazine amounted to 179 mph (288 km/h).
Rollout or rollout allowance is an adjustment in timed acceleration runs used by North-American drag racing and enthusiast magazines [citation needed] to create approximate parity over time between historic 0 to 60 mph and 1/4 mile acceleration times and those measured today using the Global Positioning System (GPS).
The Corvette C8.R made its competitive debut at the 2020 24 Hours of Daytona. The best of the Corvettes, the no.3, finished 4th in the GTLM class and 16th overall with 785 laps. The best of the Corvettes, the no.3, finished 4th in the GTLM class and 16th overall with 785 laps.