Corvette Z06 (C7)
Why 6.0: The LT4's supercharged torque makes for savage in-gear pace, but the Z06's own heat-soak limits on track became almost as famous as the lap times, a genuine engineering compromise rather than marketing spin. DougScore's daily-driving numbers land surprisingly high for a car this focused.
Layout
Natural habitat
Ride comfort
Sound
The 1.7-litre Eaton blower lays a whine over the LT4's deep V8 thud and the bi-modal exhaust opens to something genuinely loud. Supercharging costs it the LS7's induction bark and 6,600 rpm stops it early, so it trails the last unblown Z06.
8-cylinder · supercharged · 6,600 rpm redline · rated 7.1 / 10 for engine sound
Market value
Median asking price, good condition · €73k (2015) → €66k (2026), trending down · illustrative data
Child seats · ISOFIX
There aren't any — strict two-seater.
Same GM playbook as the C6 and C8: no LATCH anchors, no rear seat, so the front passenger position is pressed into service with a seatbelt install and an automatic passenger sensing system that's supposed to cut the airbag when it reads a child seat.
C7 dropped the C5's manual cutoff switch entirely — it's sensing-only, confirmed against both the C6 and C8 manuals bookending it.
Chevrolet Corvette Owner's Manual (GM, C6-C8 shared restraint design); CorvetteForum C7 passenger-sensing-system threads
The long version
Chevrolet built the C7 Z06 to out-drag a 911 Turbo on a straight and mostly succeeded, but the supercharged LT4's cooling system couldn't always keep up with what the engine was capable of, and owners who tracked hard learned to watch for the heat-related power cuts road testers wrote about at launch. That reputation kept some buyers cautious even as the outright numbers stayed exceptional, part of why depreciation ran deeper here than on the naturally aspirated Corvettes before it. Values have started firming again now that the C7 reads as the last front-engine Corvette before the C8 went mid-engine, and clean manual cars are climbing fastest.