Next up for C8
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Next up for C8
Next up is the Z06 model due out for the 2023 model year with a 5.5-liter V8 that will put 650 horsepower and 600 pound-feet of torque under the driver's right foot. Oddly, the last-generation Z06's supercharged, 6.2-liter V8 made the same amount of horsepower but 50 additional pound-feet of torque.
2024 will bring back the Grand Sport model with a 600-horsepower, 500-pound-foot evolution of the standard Corvette's V8. That's a generous bump over the last-generation, 460-horsepower Grand Sport.
The next rung on the Corvette hierarchy will be occupied by the ZR1, which will state its business with a twin-turbocharged version of the Z06's eight called LT7 internally. It will make 850 horsepower and 825 pound-feet of torque, figures that fall in line with earlier reports. It's expected to make its debut for the 2025 model year.
The final addition to the Corvette range will be the model's flagship. The same documents outline a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain made up of a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V8 engine and an unspecified form of electrification. Odds are the eight-cylinder will spin the rear wheels while the motor(s) will zap the front wheels into motion. Either way, the drivetrain will deliver at least 1,000 horsepower — a first for the regular-production, street-legal Corvette — and 975 pound-feet of torque. Hagerty speculated this model will inaugurate the Zora nameplate Chevrolet trademarked in 2019 when it arrives in showrooms for the 2026 model year.
https://www.autoblog.com/2020/04/23/...00-horsepower/
2024 will bring back the Grand Sport model with a 600-horsepower, 500-pound-foot evolution of the standard Corvette's V8. That's a generous bump over the last-generation, 460-horsepower Grand Sport.
The next rung on the Corvette hierarchy will be occupied by the ZR1, which will state its business with a twin-turbocharged version of the Z06's eight called LT7 internally. It will make 850 horsepower and 825 pound-feet of torque, figures that fall in line with earlier reports. It's expected to make its debut for the 2025 model year.
The final addition to the Corvette range will be the model's flagship. The same documents outline a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain made up of a twin-turbocharged, 5.5-liter V8 engine and an unspecified form of electrification. Odds are the eight-cylinder will spin the rear wheels while the motor(s) will zap the front wheels into motion. Either way, the drivetrain will deliver at least 1,000 horsepower — a first for the regular-production, street-legal Corvette — and 975 pound-feet of torque. Hagerty speculated this model will inaugurate the Zora nameplate Chevrolet trademarked in 2019 when it arrives in showrooms for the 2026 model year.
https://www.autoblog.com/2020/04/23/...00-horsepower/
