[SPIED] C8 Corvette Z06 Prototype Practicing Launch Control and Flat Out Acceleration

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[SPIED] C8 Corvette Z06 Prototype Practicing Launch Control and Flat Out Acceleration


Another spy video is making the rounds today and this one should excite those of you who have your name on a C8 Corvette Z06 sales list somewhere. The video features a camouflaged C8 Corvette Z06 prototype on a test track and it’s practicing some hard accelerations via the car’s launch control system.

The video comes from our friend Rick “Corvette” Conti who quickly added it to his YouTube Channel this morning. So make sure you subscribe if that’s your first time over there.

To capture the video of the launch control tests, the spy photographer was literally hiding in bushes as the car was being tested on what is said to be the North-South straightaway at GM’s proving grounds in Milford, Michigan.

We can tell that launch control is being used based on the elevated revs that flutter just before the car is launched.

The car shown in the video features the corner-mounted exhaust and there is no denying that the sound is the flat-plane crank V8 that is currently doing work in the Corvette C8.R factory race car. The racing engine is a detuned version that produces 500 hp for meeting the Balance of Performance marks, and it’s rumored to rev as high as 9000 rpm. We are expecting the power of the C8 Z06 to land somewhere between 600-650 horsepower once it is unleashed in the street car.

The preview of the video shows the unique rear spoiler on the back of the car that has been previously associated with the Z06. However, in the video, the car being tested is without a spoiler.

We keep hoping that a big announcement for the Z06 will be coming soon if there is any chance for it to be a 2022 model, but it’s really beginning to look like the Z06 will debut as a 2023 model. In the meantime, we can hear Chevy’s engineers testing the car with flat-out acceleration runs on the test track and that’s the best music we’ve heard all week!


When the spy video first started, I thought to myself that I had seen this previously. Looking back in our C8 Corvette archives, I found a similar video from 2018 showing a camouflaged C8 Stingray being testing in the exact same spot. Although the Stingray didn’t sound like it was using Launch Control, the hard acceleration features the deeper V8 sound that we are all accustomed to. I grabbed that video as well so you can compare and contrast the exhaust sounds being emitted from the two different models.


Source:
Rick “Corvette” Conti / YouTube

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10 COMMENTS

  1. I guess I’m old school because I still prefer the boisterous V8 sound versus the FPC sound. ?

  2. IDK… I have a C8 and I really love it to death but I gotta say that FPC sounds heavenly!

  6. I still want the center mounted exhaust. Standard or Option.

    PS: GM, keep this up and a 2020 C8 may be for sale soon!

  8. BRING IT ON THIS YEAR, GM

    WE NEED MORE GOOD NEWS IN THIS WORLD

    ZO6 TO COMPETE AGAINST THE OVER PRICED EUROPEANS

  9. I was at my local Chevy dealer yesterday and they had a new Red Mist 2021 still in it’s diaper and a black 21′ drop top. They were driving it around and I have to tell you that they are way to quiet. Checking out the Borla vids for their new stuff, huge upgrade especially the Atac system. My 2011 GS with the NPP and the fuse pulled sounds way better.

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