---
title: "Upcoming Corvette Z06 Sounds Mean as Hell Around the Nurburgring"
description: "Oh my, what a lovely noise it makes."
date: "2021-08-18"
modified: "2021-08-18"
authors:
  - name: "Chris Tsui"
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    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/chris-tsui"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/42058/upcoming-corvette-z06-sounds-mean-as-hell-around-the-nurburgring"
categories:
  - "Chevrolet News"
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  - "News by Brand"
tags:
  - "Chevrolet"
  - "Corvette"
  - "Coupe"
  - "sports car"
---

# Upcoming Corvette Z06 Sounds Mean as Hell Around the Nurburgring

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2021/08/corvette-z06-ring-lap.jpg>)
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We've heard it through [official audio teasers](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41604/the-2023-chevy-corvette-z06-sure-sounds-like-it-has-a-flat-plane-v8>) and [leaked specs](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/36053/2022-chevy-corvette-z06-will-have-625-hp-flat-plane-v8-that-revs-to-9000-rpm-report>). More recently, the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 was [photographed making its camouflaged way around the Nürburgring](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/41993/2023-chevy-corvette-z06-spotted-at-nurburgring-with-wider-body-new-face>), a standard stop on any performance car's testing tour. Now, there's video.

Spotted by 'Ring regular [Automotive Mike](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAcMb_Cra0rIl6u6CdLs_TQ>) on YouTube, the higher-performing 'Vette can be seen positively howling around Germany's most famous racetrack. As expected, the C8 Z06 makes a higher-pitched noise more reminiscent of a European exotic than your typical American V8. It wails while the regular C8 bellows.

![message-editor%2F1629318213687-screenshot2021-08-18at4.23.11pm.png](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1629318213687-screenshot2021-08-18at4.23.11pm.png>)
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Even on mute, though, the next Z06 is set to be quite the aggressive-looking thing, with a wider body, much bigger intakes in the front, and an unapologetic rear spoiler that one of our editors pointed out is shaped a lot like a unibrow (have fun unseeing that).

The flat-plane Corvette will be officially revealed later this fall and go on sale next year as a 2023 model. The aforementioned spec leak also alleges a displacement of 5.5 liters, 625 horsepower, and a sky-high redline of 9,000 rpm. A mid-engined, 625-hp Corvette that revs to 9k?

With the electric era is close, and, because gasoline is a finite resource, there's an expiration date for cars like this. But between this next Z06 and [that new Nissan Z](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/42014/2023-nissan-z-the-icon-returns-with-400-hp-rwd-and-a-manual>), I feel like the future of the fast car, at least in the short term, is still mighty bright.

https://youtube.com/embed/4Jing8VrGSk

![message-editor%2F1629313777467-message-editor\_1628875758123-z06\_010copy.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1629313777467-message-editor_1628875758123-z06_010copy.jpeg>)
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![message-editor%2F1629313787197-message-editor\_1628875747843-z06\_009copy.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1629313787197-message-editor_1628875747843-z06_009copy.jpeg>)
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![message-editor%2F1629313801767-message-editor\_1628875712399-z06\_006copy.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1629313801767-message-editor_1628875712399-z06_006copy.jpeg>)
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![message-editor%2F1629313812206-message-editor\_1628875685271-z06\_005copy.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1629313812206-message-editor_1628875685271-z06_005copy.jpeg>)
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![message-editor%2F1629313825202-z06\_002-copy.jpeg](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content-b/message-editor/1629313825202-z06_002-copy.jpeg>)
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*Got a tip or question for the author about the upcoming Z06? You can reach them here: chris.tsui@thedrive.com*

## Author
Chris Tsui is *The Drive*'s former Reviews Editor and current freelance automotive journalist. He's based in Toronto.

### Author social links  
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