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We have long admired here at Chuck Hutton of Memphis just how a superior foundation and frame can lead to results for driving and handling that effortlessly steal the show when you are heavily pounding on the accelerator and enjoying supercar daydreams in real life. As the staff on duty writing about everything regarding torque and horsepower at Carbuzz.com agreed, if the model range is as class-leading as the Chevy Stingray Coupe, it has provided the groundwork for a heightened sense of thrills that belong to a class truly within its own rite.
Boasting its naturally aspirated flat-plane crank V8, the brand-new Corvette Z06 has a tremendously beastly audio note from the exhaust and revs muscularly to well over 8,000 rpm. This is a noticeable step up from the base-level Corvette, but simply resides in the middle of the road compared to the upcoming C8 Corvette ZR1. Recently spotted by these experienced automotive bloggers in prototype form, it is expected to be one of the latest ‘Vettes to enjoy the authentic and very exclusive power source of a standard combustion engine. And what a legendary engine It will be: it has been spotted with full-body cladding and telltale center exhaust tips.
This V8 in question will be billed the “LT7” and is expected to crank out nearly 850 horsepower. This is almost 100 more horsepower than the previous-gen ZR1, which galloped up to 60 mph in just 2.6 seconds. The prototype was also spotted wearing extremely tidy HQ Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires, with the upper trim levels donned in Pilot Sport Cup 2R versions. The ZR1 will use an 8-speed Tremec dual-clutch automatic transmission, and what was originally thought to be released as a hybrid could be a successful and exciting blast down piston and rod-infused memory lane.
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The Carbuzz.com team had also recently shown their very own take here of the Hybrid E-Ray in action, with the wait for the powerful ZO6 C8 being over. With its mid-engine layout, the C8 will also introduce a plug-in hybrid billed as the E-Ray, spied last fall doing its thing on the outskirts of the famed and tricky-to-handle Nurburgring. The prototype spotted here combines a few different design elements from the Corvette ZO6 with a rear bumper from the Stingray, which has dual exhaust tips and a lack of distinguishable gas-powered engine audio.
According to many rumors, the Corvette E-Ray will source power from a 6.2-liter V8 paired alongside an electric motor on the front axle and should produce nearly 650 horsepower. This will also be the very first all-wheel-drive Corvette, supposedly allowing the E-Ray to hit 60 mph in just two blistering track-happy seconds. Before the all-electric models take precedence and act as judge and jury over the corner-huggers and throttle-enthused driver’s itinerary, models like this incoming ZR1 will keep alive a sense of passionate and unbridled excitement for every little change and chance to enjoy the open and always-beckoning road!
