The 2023 Corvette Z06 boasts some pretty impressive specs, with its mid-mounted, naturally aspirated 5.5L V8 LT6 gasoline engine throwing down 670 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque, spinning up to a soaring 8,600-rpm redline. But what does all that mean in the real world? And more importantly, how does it stack up against other modern sports cars? Now, we’re watching as the new Corvette Z06 lines up for a drag race alongside a selection of atmospheric go-fast machines – including a sport bike.
Coming to us from the folks at Hagerty, the premise of this video is simple – collect some of the fastest naturally aspirated, mid- / rear-engine, rear-wheel drive vehicles on the market today, and see how they get on in a drag race. Clocking in at a little over 9 minutes, the video includes loads of racing action, all of which is nicely shot and edited to demonstrate just how quick the 2023 Corvette Z06 truly is.
So what about those competitors? Lining up alongside the new Corvette Z06 is the 2022 Audi R8 V10 Performance Spyder RWD, which, as the name suggests, is running a naturally aspirated 5.2L V10 ( the same V10 as the Laborghini Huracan), which output rated at 562 horsepower and 406 pound-feet of torque, and redline set at 8,700 rpm.
Next to the Audi is the 2022 Porsche 911 GT3, which is running the (rear-mounted) naturally aspirated 4.0L flat-six, rated at 502 horsepower and 346 pound-feet of torque, spinning up to 9,000 rpm.
Impressive machinery, no doubt, but with more power and roughly equivalent curb weight (the Porsche is a little lighter), the Corvette Z06 looks to have this pair beat. Enter the Ducati Panigale SP2, which is running a 1.1L V4 producing 210 horsepower and 91 pound-feet of torque, more than enough to move the Ducati’s 429 pounds with some serious swiftness, especially with champion-winning rider Josh Herrin in the saddle.
How does it all shake down? Hit play to find out:
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The Z06 is absolutely amazing, no doubt. But for the ~$200k street prices, I’d still get the Lambo.
Anyone who watches The Stradman YouTube channel knows he recently took delivery of one of the first 2023 Z06s to be delivered to a retail customer. At 957 miles his Z06 puked all of its transmission fluid out on to his garage floor and is now undrivable and just sitting at his house. No signs of any issues. Parks it, and the next morning the fluid was sitting on the ground. Doesn’t say a lot about the quality of these cars. Could also be a total fluke and he is simply unlucky.
jason cammisa is such a great presenter, been watching back when he did Head 2 Heads on the motortrend youtube channel.
I’d still have to take the 911 GT3 though.
The Zo6 is a killer car and a 1/3 of the price of a Ferrari might know have the Ferrari bling but I bet u can beat on that Zo6 all day and still drive it on a nice long trip while the Ferrari u go over a pot hole and the door doesn’t close right !!! Not to many cars can come close to the 2023 corvette Zo6 !!!!!!
I’m wondering why a Porsche GT3RS was used instead of a GT2RS. The GT2RS makes 690hp which is a whole lot more comparable to the 680hp Vette than the GT3 that makes 518hp. It would seem reasonable that the Vette with a 152 hp advantage would be faster, no?
Pay attention…the race was between vehicles that were not equipped with blowers or turbos…but naturally aspirated. The GT2RS not naturally aspirated but has twin turbos. We will have to wait for the un-naturally aspirated Zora, et al to make your desired competition fair. I have a hunch the Zora or whatever, will be one step ahead of current blown European sports cars…we shall see.
The Z06 beat the 911 and the R8 but again what Chevy needs to do is get the dry weight down to 2800-3000lbs especially when they go electric, as a long time Corvette fan, I don’t want my favorite sports cars to weight 4000 lbs or more!!!! Before I go if you think the Z06 is fast making 610hp on the rear wheels wait until the ZR1 and Zora come out 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾
I have a 2021 C8, not a Z06 (was number 6000 on the list, decided to bow out), and have a motorcycle
with high horsepower and good horse power to weight ratio.
I love driving both, but something about bikes .. really like them.