![[VIDEO] Corvette Engineers Were Also Driving a 2023 Corvette Z06 While at the Nurburgring](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/102723_7b.jpg)
During the recent stint of testing the ZR1 Corvettes at the Nurburgring, our spy photographer had told us that the team was also driving a 2023 Yellow Z06 Coupe on the track as well. This is an American-spec car with the Z07 performance package, and it features the quad-center exhaust.
I pulled these production numbers earlier to discuss on the next News and Headlines edition of the CORVETTE TODAY Podcast and of course wanted to share the latest production updates here with our readers as well.
Before the Corvette began its shift to a more luxurious sports car in the 1970s, with automatic transmissions becoming the rule, customers in the 1960s loved climbing behind the wheel of their Stingrays and shifting gears the old-fashioned way.
![[VIDEO] AWD Acura NSX Battles a C8 Stingray at the Drag Strip](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/102623_8b.jpg)
If you want to compare oranges with oranges, you might want to send a all-wheel drive electric hybrid 2024 Corvette E-Ray up against a new Acura NSX.
Here’s some great news for C1 owners! 1953-1962 Corvette Firewall Insulation Sets are now manufactured in-house at Zip Corvette! Zip uses the original patterns, dies, molds, materials and processes originally developed by Joe Malicke of Northern Star/Country Corvette. They are committed to continuing the tradition of offering the most correct firewall insulation available for Corvette owners.
Canadian-based racing team AWA has announced their four fulltime season drivers for the Corvette Z06 GT3.R racers that will be campaigned in the GTD class for IMSA’s WeatherTech SportsCar Championship for 2024. AWA announced at the beginning of August they were switching from LMP3 to GTD with two Corvette Z06 GT3.Rs. The four full-time drivers are Orey Fidani, Matt Bell, Anthony Mantella, and Nico Varrone.
![[SPIED] Two New Videos of the 2025 Corvette ZR1s at the Nurburgring](https://www.corvetteblogger.com/images/content/2023-2/102623_10b.jpg)
While the Corvette Engineering team may have left Germany after a two-week testing session with the upcoming C8 Corvette ZR1, their presence at the famous Nurburgring continues to generate new content for Corvette enthusiasts to pour over and see what’s coming next.
Man, how we long for the days when this 1967 red-on-red Corvette was presented to someone as a high school graduation gift back in 1967.
The first all-wheel drive, electric hybrid Corvette will be offered in China as part of The Durant Guild, the premium import business established by General Motors a year ago.
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