Car of the Day: Chevrolet Corvette Z06
Posted By Kirk Pedersen |
10-19-2009 |
Is there a car that says ‘America’ in a louder, more ostentatious way than the Chevrolet Corvette? Now entering its sixth decade in production, the Vette is as fresh, fast and elegant as ever and a redesign for 2006 brought the C6 to the road and track.
The Z06 has a growling 7-liter – or 427 cubic inch – V8 that was codenamed LS7 and is built by hand at GM’s Performance Build Center in Michigan which is efficient enough to get nearly 25 miles per gallon.
And it goes like hell. The Z06 fires out 505 horsepower, running a sub-12 second ¼ mile and 0-60 in only 3.6 seconds. The quintessential American dream car is a cornerstone of the NFS universe and one of the most exhilarating cars to drive in SHIFT.

