The C8 Chevrolet Corvette Can Launch To 60mph In 2.9 Seconds
Next year’s C8 Chevrolet Corvette will be able to nail the imperial 0-60mph sprint in just 3.0 seconds, or 2.9 with the optional Z51 pack added.
These are hypercar numbers from the first Corvette to put the engine in the middle. Both versions of the car complete a standing quarter-mile in 11.2 seconds, with the standard car – that fraction slower off the line – actually finishing the pass 2mph faster than the Z51-spec alternative, at 123mph.
Chevy gives credit for the incredible acceleration to the new rearward weight bias which gives more traction, improved chassis and tyre tuning and, of course, the latest small-block V8 to feature in the brand’s sports cars. The normally-aspirated 6.2-litre LT2 puts 495bhp down through acceleration-biased gear ratios and ‘lightning-fast’ shifts.
The clever gearbox arrangement houses not just the twin-clutch transmission itself, but also the differential, final drive, controls system and its own lubrication and cooling provision. It’s mounted low for the best effect on handling.
A mechanical limited-slip differential is standard while Z51-equipped cars ‘are offered’ with an electronic alternative that Chevy says is much more effective than previous designs and offers ‘ultimate control’ on track.
Comments
This is very impressive I must admit.
Okay, imo this car looks like dogsh!t but 2.9 for 60k? You have to respect that
honeslty I don’t think it looks half bad, just that the spoiler ruins the rear
I mean, it still looks better than the C5-C7.
Yeah but my Corsa C can Do that in 1.3 seconds and go up to 457439867239856759670985766987549086754089674mph.
Someone didn’t get it
lmao
So the viper will come back mid engines? Pls???? DODGE WHERE U AT???
Imagine a mid engined Viper
Pure unadulterated badass
Saw a late model in the wild yesterday, made my day
I still think a ACR would still track-obliterate this new Z51…
Still selling Journeys and Hellcats to survive
The viper is a boomerang. It’ll be back. That’s what I tell myself, you should too
Corvettes have always been amazing
This thing is gonna be so lit it’s not even funny. Zora would be proud.
this new v8 seems sounds more euro. wonder if they’ll drop a crate
In some videos it sounds like a AMG-V8 :/ (not a good point in my book, this low-muffled rumble, unless you fullexhaustraightpipe it..), would have been much better if it sounded like the C7 or like a Flatcrank V8 (Mustang GT and M3 V8 comes to mind…).
As others are suggesting, Dodge should bring back a new Viper, but in a newer form, with that almighty V10! No Hellcat V8 for me, please, as I love that V10’s deep roar a hundred times more than that V8’s rumble, which sounds a little restrained to me (it should have had a higher redline and shift point to make it slightly better).
Seeing how Vipers are the topic today, i can see a new Viper working if Dodge did these (but its Dodge so they probably won’t)