The 2023 Chevy Corvette C8 Stingray is highly revered by us here at the Mid-Missouri Powerhouse in its typical track-dominating and legendary stance, as the new engine placement has rendered it an example of true supercar status. The always car-obsessed and awesome staff on duty at GM Authority provided the inside scoop on the 70th Anniversary Edition’s details, now offered up as an optional aesthetics and styling package. For anyone who has so much love to share for the Corvette that they want all-out customization, packages such as this never disappoint.
You’ll be flaunting these amazing assets categorized under the RPO code Y70: a 19-inch front/20-inch rear 20-spoke Carbon Flash-painted forged aluminum wheels with Red Stripe, along with Red-painted calipers. There is also the rear fascia/roof storage protector in Black with embroidered crossed flags logo, and Ceramic White leather seating surfaces with red stitching to pair with the Torch Red seat belt color. There’s also the leisurely inclusion of the 70th-Anniversary set of premium leather weekend/travel bags, and 70th anniversary exterior badging and logo on wheel caps, steering wheel, and sill plates.
This 70th Anniversary Edition package is available with Carbon Flash Metallic or White Pearl Metallic Tricoat paints colors and is currently offered on the 2023 Chevy Corvette Z06. Power will be sourced from the always amazing and naturally aspirated 6.2-Liter V8 LT2 gas engine, which churns out upwards of 490 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of torque while riding on the GM Y2 platform and being produced at the massive GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky. Open for business and churning out amazing vehicles since 1981, this plant boasts 1 million square feet on 212 acres, with over 800 dedicated employees on duty every day.
Here you have everything excellent about American cars in one great package: power, vibrations, downforce, amazing grip, luxury, and the ability to be fully customized. It remains completely free of electrification and turbos and remains the best-performing Corvette of all time. There really is nothing quite like the bark and chatter of a huge flat-plane V8, and this particular number flaunts a center-exit exhaust with unique tips that send the XXL sound decibels back to the engine and directly into the cockpit.
Since this smaller-displacement engine now produces less low-end torque than the 6.2-liter LT2 small-block, the axle ratio is now shortened from the Stingray Z51’s stance for a more powerful and immediate launch. The standard Z06’s overall ride rate is over 30% stiffer than what is on the Z51, which the track optimized Z07 package has been deemed as responsible for a further 8 percent increase across the board. Chief engineer Tadge Juechter claimed that the Z06 is by far the fastest Corvette his experienced design team has tested on their various circuits and that it has set several memorable records that will be difficult to squash during the days to come.
