Corvette reveals its new Z06 GT3.R| Grassroots Motorsports forum |

J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
1/27/23 2:27 p.m.

Get ready for a new GT3 Corvette. If it looks like it shares a lot with the production Corvette, that’s no accident. Chevrolet stressed how much carried over between the production version and the Corvette Z06 GT3.R.

“We wanted that synergy between the production car and the race car,” said Mark Stielow, GM Director of Motorsport Competition Engineering. “In the …

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Colin Wood Associate Editor
1/27/23 2:38 p.m.

Not that I could ever afford one, but I always love it when a new customer car comes to market.

Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/27/23 3:27 p.m.

Man, I would love for the opportunity to play with one of those for a while.

Driven5 UberDork
1/27/23 4:09 p.m.

Deja vu?...

J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
1/27/23 6:31 p.m.

These will certainly cost you. The price tag I was told was $735k. I'm not sure what's included. If we all pool together $5 ...

Pete. (l33t FS) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/27/23 10:26 p.m.

Driven5 said:
Deja vu?...

I've just been in this place before...

bmw88rider GRM+ Memberand UberDork
1/27/23 10:53 p.m.

In reply to J.A. Ackley :

You don't need a house right?

J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
1/27/23 11:21 p.m.

In reply to bmw88rider :

I'll need a bigger house before I'll be able to sell it to afford this car

Appleseed MegaDork
1/28/23 11:03 a.m.

I'm surprised they chose those colors. Some of us remember this:

Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
1/28/23 12:08 p.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

But do we remember it fondly?

Appleseed MegaDork
1/28/23 7:33 p.m.

No.

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/1/23 9:26 a.m.

In reply to Appleseed :

We had one as a press car. It was/is, um, loud....

Colin Wood Associate Editor
2/1/23 9:28 a.m.

In reply to bmw88rider :

You can live in a race car, but you can't race a house.

CrashDummy Reader
2/1/23 11:17 a.m.

GTD/GTD-Pro are the IMSA classes for GT3 cars, right? There are C8 Corvettes running in GTD-Pro already. Doesn't that mean there's already a GT3 C8 Corvette? How is this new one different? Are they just upgrading it and adding a "Z06" label? Can somebody who speaks Sportscar help me out?

J.A. Ackley Senior Editor
2/1/23 11:25 a.m.

In reply to CrashDummy :

This is a new car built specifically for the GT3 class (aka GTD/GTD Pro), and it's based on the current Z06.

MotorsportsGordon Dork
2/1/23 11:55 a.m.

CrashDummy said:
GTD/GTD-Pro are the IMSA classes for GT3 cars, right? There are C8 Corvettes running in GTD-Pro already. Doesn't that mean there's already a GT3 C8 Corvette? How is this new one different? Are they just upgrading it and adding a "Z06" label? Can somebody who speaks Sportscar help me out?

The current gtd car is a modified gtlm c8 as temporary until the new gt3 debuts next year . It's why there is only one c8 currently in imsa as the other car is racing in wec.

dyintorace GRM+ Memberand PowerDork
2/1/23 11:56 a.m.

J.A. Ackley said:
In reply to CrashDummy :

This is a new car built specifically for the GT3 class (aka GTD/GTD Pro), and it's based on the current Z06.

So was the Corvette that ran this past weekend (#3) this new car?

MotorsportsGordon Dork
2/1/23 11:57 a.m.

dyintorace said:
J.A. Ackley said:
In reply to CrashDummy :

This is a new car built specifically for the GT3 class (aka GTD/GTD Pro), and it's based on the current Z06.

So was the Corvette that ran this past weekend (#3) this new car?

Nope that's still the modified gtlm car

David S. Wallens Editorial Director
2/2/23 11:47 a.m.

Another big feature of this car vs. the previous Corvettes: a customer program.