No-batteries-included Corvette Z06: More sting for the 2023 Stingray

Topping the eighth-generation (C8) 2020-22 Chevrolet Corvette is no mean feat. Customers still pay premiums and patiently wait in line to own one. Yet the new Z06 edition, due next summer as a 2023 model, suggests that the Corvette design and engineering team is just hitting its stride. The Z06 is an ambitious blend of Corvette heritage, state-of-the-art technology - including a new 670-hp DOHC V8 - and lessons learned in racing. This latest member of the C8 family, soon to include two hybrids, is a championship-winning racer tamed just enough for street driving.

Sixty years ago, Corvette patron saint Zora Arkus-Duntov attached the first letter of his name to a sub-rosa component set engineered for racing. Only 199 customers selected the Z06 option ($1,818), making a 1963 Corvette so equipped worth millions today. In 2001, the badge was reprised for the hottest model in the lineup, and Z06s have thrived through three subsequent generations.