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2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 Revealed with Performance Details

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The Chevy North American carmaker has finally revealed the performance details on the 2015 Corvette Z06, the model coming with some interesting specifications.

First off, the Chevy sports car maker has officially confirmed that the 2015 Corvette Z06 will sport a 6.2-liter V8 supercharged unit, developing a good 650 horsepower and impressive 818 Nm of torque.

2015 Chevy Corvette Z06
2015 Chevy Corvette Z06

Second, the 2015 Chevy Corvette Z06 is capable of sprinting from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.95 seconds, if equipped with the eight-speed automatic transmission, which will become available on the sports car soon enough.

2015 Chevy Corvette Z06
2015 Chevy Corvette Z06

To add up some flavor, Tadge Juechter, Chief engineer at Corvette, stated that the 2015 Corvette Z06 is the embodiment of true power, “ferocious acceleration, tenacious handling and high-speed stability.”

2015 Chevy Corvette Z06
2015 Chevy Corvette Z06

The 2015 Corvette Z06 is coming with a standard seven-speed manual gearbox, which would launch the model from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.2 seconds, while the quarter mile is done in 11.2 seconds.

2015 Chevy Corvette Z06
2015 Chevy Corvette Z06

The performance of the sports car is also highlighted by the car`s capability of achieving 1.2 G in lateral acceleration, which is quite an improvement from a previous 1.13 G.

Eduard Huma
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Eduard is one of Automotorblog's oldest car journalists. He works at a high school in Romania as an English teacher, and in his free time he likes to test cars and share the information with the readers of the automotive publication Automotorblog.

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