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New eight-speed automatic enables 2.95-sec. 0-60 time, 10.95-sec. quarter-mile

T

he performance of the
all-new, 2015 Chevrolet
Corvette Z06 establishes
it as one of the most
capable vehicles on the
market – and one of the few to
achieve sub-3-second 0-60 performance and a sub-11-second
quarter-mile time.
“The Corvette has long been
known as America’s sports car,” said
Mark Reuss, General Motors’ executive vice president, Global Product
Development. “With the capability
of the new Z06 rivaling the best
performance cars in the world, we
will also be America’s Supercar.”
The Corvette Z06 accelerates
from a rest to 60 mph in only 2.95
seconds when equipped with the
all-new, available eight-speed paddle-shift automatic transmission –
and achieves it in 3.2 seconds with
the standard seven-speed manual
transmission.
A quarter-mile sprint takes
just 10.95 seconds with the eightspeed automatic and 11.2 seconds
with the seven-speed manual.
With both versions, the Corvette
Z06 hits 127 mph at the end of the
quarter-mile.
When it comes to braking performance, the Z06 can stop from
60 mph in only 99.6 feet. That’s the
best braking performance of any
production car GM has ever tested.

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2015 Corvette Z06 Rocks!

Additionally, the Corvette Z06
achieves 1.2 g in lateral acceleration compared with the Corvette’s
previous best 1.13 g.
The new Z06 is also the fastest
production car ever tested at GM’s
2.9-mile Milford Road Course, beating the record set by the Corvette
ZR1 by a full second.