View Poll Results: What are the chances there will be a Z06X
80% chance or better
21
19.81%
50/50
21
19.81%
20% chance or less
28
26.42%
0% Absolutely no chance
36
33.96%
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Z06X probability
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Myrtle Beach SC/Charlotte NC
With the newly designed ZR1-X motors and GM's track record on supply chain and assuming there will be a GS-X this year, I don't see GM releasing three new models in the same year that would need that motor. I see GM re-testing consumer appetite with the GS-X and depending on how that goes they would release a Z06-X with the C9 release. And this is based on IF GM wants a Z06-X....
My question is if GM releases the 2027 Z06 with more power would it be based on tuning only or would there be hardware/tuning changes.
My question is if GM releases the 2027 Z06 with more power would it be based on tuning only or would there be hardware/tuning changes.
Racer
Joined: Jun 2014
Posts: 267
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From: IA
Anything is possible. Porsche sells like 25-30 different rim levels on a 911, albeit in more constrained production numbers.
In some ways, it would be a very fun car given the high reving FPC sound with instant torque. On the other hand, it takes a pure, mission driven machine and cheapens it IMO.
What would Steve McQueen drive? I am guessing a Z06, not a Z06X.
In some ways, it would be a very fun car given the high reving FPC sound with instant torque. On the other hand, it takes a pure, mission driven machine and cheapens it IMO.
What would Steve McQueen drive? I am guessing a Z06, not a Z06X.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: Myrtle Beach SC/Charlotte NC
So I was thinking, the C8 Z06 is widely considered the most powerful naturally aspirated (NA) V8 production car. The ER and the proposed GS-X, what would they be considered the best at? Anything?
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2008
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Why would someone want this? I feel like most Z06 buyers get the car to do what its designed to do - enjoying hot lapping road courses with an engaging NA motor and excellent balanced chassis. Even if a Z06X existed and was CHEAPER than my Z07 I would still have bought the Z07 - electric motors/weight on the front axle would dilute the experience that I specifically bought the car to have.
GM has demonstrated over the years that they care less about curating a desirable brand experience and more about squeezing every possible penny out of absolutely anything - regarless of how cringey it is - so it would not surprise me.
Strange...
GM has demonstrated over the years that they care less about curating a desirable brand experience and more about squeezing every possible penny out of absolutely anything - regarless of how cringey it is - so it would not surprise me.
Strange...
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I have mentioned this before. What I think GM should do is take the Z06 and have a (GT3 or R) version for the street. I am not talking about the GT3 they sell for the track, but an actual street legal car. Take the Z06 and just go light weight everywhere similar to what McLaren does. Light weight seats, battery, glass, panels, subframe etc... somehow (regardless of cost) knock off 300-400lbs...then go nuts on max aero for the track and suspension. This would be pretty much the formula used for the GT3rs...but it would destroy really anything you can buy under $500K. Price is at $250K and let the super hardcore race enthusiast buy it. It would be the Halo track car for GM...again just like Porsche has. 
Of course they won't build this, but I wish they would.
Of course they won't build this, but I wish they would.
Instructor
Joined: Apr 2008
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Likes: 80
I have mentioned this before. What I think GM should do is take the Z06 and have a (GT3 or R) version for the street. I am not talking about the GT3 they sell for the track, but an actual street legal car. Take the Z06 and just go light weight everywhere similar to what McLaren does. Light weight seats, battery, glass, panels, subframe etc... somehow (regardless of cost) knock off 300-400lbs...then go nuts on max aero for the track and suspension. This would be pretty much the formula used for the GT3rs...but it would destroy really anything you can buy under $500K. Price is at $250K and let the super hardcore race enthusiast buy it. It would be the Halo track car for GM...again just like Porsche has.
Of course they won't build this, but I wish they would.
Of course they won't build this, but I wish they would.
Drifting
Joined: Apr 2004
Posts: 1,530
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From: CT
Rick Conti put together a good presentation of what to expect for the remainder of the C8 generation in last Sunday's podcast. After the initial 10 minutes of chest pounding there is some good info here. Its clear the Z06Z along with the Tremec std trans are not in the lineup.
Heel & Toe
Joined: Dec 2025
Posts: 19
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From: Minnesota
I sure hope they don’t make the Z06x. Please GM. Let’s make this car a salute to flat plane crank v8 screaming kingdom. With all its flaws. Yes, lower torque. Yes, you could get a better 0-60 time with Prius batteries and motors in there. But can we please just leave this car be the screaming v8 perfection?
I do understand why some of you want it. Would be bad *** acceleration. But I hope they never produce a Z06 C8 with anything other than that flat plane beauty.
I do understand why some of you want it. Would be bad *** acceleration. But I hope they never produce a Z06 C8 with anything other than that flat plane beauty.
Instructor
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 158
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From: Windy City area Illinois
Anything is possible. Porsche sells like 25-30 different rim levels on a 911, albeit in more constrained production numbers.
In some ways, it would be a very fun car given the high reving FPC sound with instant torque. On the other hand, it takes a pure, mission driven machine and cheapens it IMO.
What would Steve McQueen drive? I am guessing a Z06, not a Z06X.
In some ways, it would be a very fun car given the high reving FPC sound with instant torque. On the other hand, it takes a pure, mission driven machine and cheapens it IMO.
What would Steve McQueen drive? I am guessing a Z06, not a Z06X.
Pro
Joined: Aug 2025
Posts: 567
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I sure hope they don’t make the Z06x. Please GM. Let’s make this car a salute to flat plane crank v8 screaming kingdom. With all its flaws. Yes, lower torque. Yes, you could get a better 0-60 time with Prius batteries and motors in there. But can we please just leave this car be the screaming v8 perfection?
I do understand why some of you want it. Would be bad *** acceleration. But I hope they never produce a Z06 C8 with anything other than that flat plane beauty.
I do understand why some of you want it. Would be bad *** acceleration. But I hope they never produce a Z06 C8 with anything other than that flat plane beauty.
IMO X-ing up the Z06 would undermine the cars’s entire design ethos. It would border on sacrilegious. There are enough Xs in the product line already without bastardizing the most special NA car they’ve ever built. I’d hate it but I think I’d rather see them kill it off before they did such a thing.
I realize they have an obligation to the stockholders to maximize profit but surely someone in the decision making chain has a soul!
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2007
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From: N.E. Suburb MN
It would **** on the GSX. No one would buy that car if you could get a Z06x for marginally more. If they would make it probably as a last year only kind of a thing. I could see them bumping the LT6 up 600rpm and making 720hp or something like that instead. That seems more logical and then that engine would go in the C9Z06.