The all-new eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette is an impressive performance machine in standard, base model Stingray guise. However, Chevy still has a few tricks up its sleeves with a range of new go-faster Corvette variants, including this – the C8 Corvette Z06. Now, GM Authority has rendered the upcoming C8 Z06 to provide a preview of what to expect.
Our C8 Corvette Z06 rendering takes inspiration from the C8 Corvette L88 rendering we posted back in December, and includes a number of aggressive, high-performance styling cues and equipment. Up front, our Corvette Z06 rocks new front end canards along the lower corners of the bumper, while a prominent lower lip slices through the air. Up top, the front hood incorporates new venting and a new intake as well.
Enormous multi-spoke wheels with a black finish occupy the corners, housing larger, more capable brakes, possibly with carbon ceramic rotors. The front fenders are also enclosed, rather than open like on our L88 rendering.
Moving to the rear, we added a more traditional street-friendly diffuser element, while up top is an enormous GT-style wing. A small intake is added at the base of the engine cover to gulp in plenty of fresh air. There’s also a center exhaust treatment, per previous GM Authority reports.
The C8 Corvette Z06 is the first of many new eighth-generation Corvette model variants coming down the pipe, with models like the C8 ZR1, C8 Zora, and C8 E-Ray slated to arrive later in the model’s lifecycle.
When it does finally drop cover, the new C8 Corvette Z06 will be framed as offering high-levels of track-ready, street-legal performance. The main party piece will be the naturally aspirated 5.5L V8 LT6 engine, which will feature dual overhead cams with 32 valves, as well as a flat-plane crank and lofty redline. Output is expected to be around 600 horsepower.
The C8 Corvette Z06 will also feature upgraded suspension and sharper handling, plus wider rubber and more aggressive aerodynamics.
Originally expected to debut in the second half of the 2021 calendar year, the launch of the C8 Corvette Z06 was delayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, the launch may be pushed back to early in the 2022 calendar year.
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I hope your new render is not correct and it DOES have vented fenders…
Beautiful… The C8 Z06 is going to turn the supercar market on its head.
Love everything about it, except the 600 hp. Thank for the update
If it only has 600HP then it will be far from turning the supercar market on its head!! LOL
Thankfully, there are no ugly, “Dime Store” plastic extensions stuck on the front fenders like the C7 Z06.
Probably doesn’t even own a Corvette.
It is cool
Interesting but who knows how close to reality. Looks good though.
Side vents too wide. Need to be streamlined a bit. Otherwise awesome.
I’m still not used to the look of the C8, but I love the technology that’s been put into it. Naturally aspirated 600 hp? Yes please!
I have a deposit down to order. I really do not like that high spoiler/wing. Now I understand why they call them “spoilers”.
Wings and spoilers perform two entirely different functions. That Z06 is sporting a wing, which produces drag but provides a downforce in return. Spoilers, OTOH, spoil airflow on a small area in order to improve overall aerodynamics; they reduce drag. Wings are generally the same airfoil used in common airplanes, ie., Clark Y airfoils, but inverted so as to produces downforce rather than lift.
That’s Awesome! I do have a deposit too, I can’t wait to have my hands on this baddie
I like the rendering!!! It just needs a couple more air out lets in the front fenders to move the inlet air for negative pressure under the car and the vented hood needs to be shown in more detail, the canards are great. The exhaust MUST be a 2 pipe center exhaust not the 4 pipe as has been the case since the C5 days. And please a real diffuser design that extends to the floor. I will not order the ceramic brakes because it has a great set up already and doesn’t need it for a street track car. A Racing car has to have the ceramic brakes. Also has any additional active aero details been released?
What’s the price? It seems they are priced in the typical super-car range so there WILL BE lots of other choices.
I really like that the front fenders are not “bobbed” or vented to minimize debris thrown by the front tires. Excellent rendering, best so far. I agree with the post/comment about only two center outlet exhaust tips would look better. Wings offer less drag than the C7 style stage 3 spoilers and although more “boy racer” in approach, maybe various iterations, similar to the C7 ZR1 wing options may be available. Style leans, thankfully, more towards the C8.R and makes more sense to me. BTW, latest “leaks” are placing horsepower estimates around 675 rather than 600.
When can you place the order???
If it looks like this, I might have to trade in my M3! This looks incredible
How good would that render look if instead of those tail lights, it had the tail lights from the Ferrari 812 Superfast?..