Spy Video: The C8 Z06 Has Some Amazing Engineering Under It – Exotic Materials, Big Performance?


Spy Video: The C8 Z06 Has Some Amazing Engineering Under It – Exotic Materials, Big Performance?

(By Tom Lohnes) – A few days after Chevy released official exhaust clips of their new Corvette ZO6, a very sneaky spy has gotten up close and personal with the car. He saw some pretty interesting stuff, but sadly wasn’t quite able to go under all the camo quite yet.

The first thing this person did was take a peek under the car, where he found a few weight-saving items that the standard C8 doesn’t have. For one, the ZO6 has a magnesium transmission case, which is a very interesting way to save weight but a welcome one. Another major thing, the ZO6 has a different exhaust layout than other Vettes, with an area in the middle right behind the engine open supposedly to dissipate some heat from the 9,000-RPM V8. This setup is also a weight saving measure, but it won’t quite save as much as the transmission case.

After this discovery, he took a quick look around the ZO6 and spotted some more carbon-fiber elements, but was shortly caught and escorted out of the testing facility after. All in all, it seems this ZO6 is a serious supercar.  The car comes out this fall, so we’ll see how it stacks up to pricier competitors then.


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