[VIDEO] 2023 Corvette Z06 Destroys Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Huracan EVO on Airstrip

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Welcome to the Big Leagues, Z06!

That’s the takeaway from an unofficial showdown led some two months ago by Emelia Hartford, who was finally able to release the results of her multiple races against a Lamborghini Huracan and a Ferrari 458 after Chevy lifted an embargo.

“I’m mind blown,” an impressed Emelia gushes afterwards, calling the 2023 Z06 “one hell of a Corvette!”

[VIDEO] 2023 Corvette Z06 Destroys Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Evo on Airstrip


A little background about the cars first. The $250,000 Ferrari was the lightest of the cars at 3200 lbs. and had a 570-horsepower engine, while the $302,000 Lambo was next at 3400 lbs. and 600 horsepower. The roughly $150,000-160,000 Z06, meanwhile, weighed in at 3700 lbs., but had a 670 horsepower flat-plane crank V8.

Emelia says she has been dying to post this video of all the action for two months, adding that Chevy gave her the green light to do whatever she wanted with the Z06 loaner. She opted to pit Chevy’s new masterpiece against her own Ferrari and at the last minute added the Lambo as icing on the cake.

[VIDEO] 2023 Corvette Z06 Destroys Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Evo on Airstrip


Using an unidentified airstrip that was wide enough for all three cars to run at the same time, she chose at first to limit the action to two cars at a time.

First victim of the Corvette was the Ferrari, which as she expected lost badly from both a launch and a rolling start.

On to the Lamborghini, which was expected to do much better but still wound up losing every time by a big margin, too, despite having the A/C on in the Corvette.

[VIDEO] 2023 Corvette Z06 Destroys Ferrari 458, Lamborghini Evo on Airstrip


“What?” a shocked Emelia says after the win over a car that cost twice as much. “What just happened? Did that really just happen?”

Finally comes the matchup between all three supercars at one time. The Corvette again takes convincing wins, eventually leading Emelia to make things more interesting by giving up as much as 15 car lengths to her opponents to create a “photo finish.”

Somehow we have a feeling the new Z06 is going to be eating a lot more supercars for lunch before long.


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Emelia Hartford / YouTube

Related:
[VIDEO] Emelia Hartford Sets Two New Speed Records While Testing the 2023 Corvette Z06
[VIDEO] Emelia Revs The Hell Outta This Z06 and Her Passengers Can’t Stop Smiling
[VIDEO] First Drive for Emelia Hartford as She Receives First Corvette Z06 Press Car

 



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3 COMMENTS

  2. Tadge Always liked keeping performance secrets:
    “Let (them) figure IT out” is his Favorite Expression.

    SO as a member of the scientific community and a corvette enthousiast, my thoughts:
    I still consider The Z07 a “pig” yet cuddos to the LT6 matted to the TRemec.
    Michelin Cup2R Contact Patch “for the Z06” Put the Power Down Better then the rest in this match-up. As Jim Mero says: “Put a Junk tire on a Sports Car, it will perform as Junk”

    Then What Performance Metric am I disappointed in this generation Z06?
    Lateral G’s in Slow Corners.
    My C6 Z06 with engine in Front has 50/50 W and unsurpassed 1.25g bone stock.
    Weight 3150 Lbs dry. No Cup tire!. And yes the interior was Crap. AFter Market Seats “A must”

    P.S. Jim had reason to be “Worried” about the C8 and took his pension as “A Protest” in my humble opinion.

  3. I’m a retired member of the scientific community and a corvette owner – from when REAL science was done – not mixed up with today’s politicized “green energy” nonsense. So I’m going to set that aside and give a subjective opinion about styling too: I never liked the C6 cars with the “blowfish” styling. I’ll take a “pig” Z07 any day over that. C8 demand still outstrips supply. So GM isn’t worried.

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