C8 Corvette quarter-mile time and entice pace reportedly leaked
As if we weren’t already impressed with the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette’s efficiency stats, the automobile’s official quarter-mile time leaked on Tuesday, and it’s quick. Like, actually quick.
A snapshot of a Basic Motors engineering booklet was posted on the fan web site Corvetteforum.com, and later picked up by Motor1. It reveals the C8 is able to ripping down the quarter mile in simply 11.three seconds at 121 mph. And that’s presumably the time for the bottom automobile since its prime pace is listed on the identical sheet as 193 mph. A C8 with the non-compulsory Z51 efficiency bundle, which has a prime pace of 184 mph, will doubtless scoot down the monitor even sooner due to its more-powerful engine and traction-enhancing digital rear differential.
To place that determine into perspective, the 490-horsepower C8 is just some ticks slower than the 650-hp Corvette C7 Z06, which clocks an official quarter-mile time of 10.95 seconds at 127 mph. Oh, and the C7 Z06 value over 20 grand greater than the brand new C8.
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Motor Authority reached out to Basic Motors for remark and was advised by Chevrolet spokesman Kevin Kelly that official efficiency specs for the C8 Corvette will not be closing. Nevertheless, the leaked picture seems to be legit, and the figures fall in keeping with the onerous knowledge we now have on the sports activities automobile up to now.
Curiously, braking efficiency can also be listed on the sheet and reveals the C8 can’t fairly placed on the clamps just like the C7. A C8 with the Z51 bundle is listed as stopping from 60 mph in 108.four toes, which is barely longer than the 107 toes it takes the C7 Z51 to cease from the identical pace. That distinction is probably going as a result of weight distribution of the C7’s front-engine format. Extra weight over the entrance wheels equals extra grip to cease.
Chevy is reportedly engaged on a C8 mannequin with 800 hp, and, given the efficiency of the bottom 2020 Corvette, we wouldn’t be stunned to see that variant dip into the 9s on the dragstrip.
What an exquisite time to be a automobile fanatic.
