GM Starts Shipping First Customer Z06s with Production Scheduling Set to Resume!!!

Chevrolet is no longer accepting additional 2023 Corvette Z06 orders this calendar year. But Bowling Green will soon be scheduling more Z06s for production! 

The 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 may very well be the best American sports car ever made. And yet, as I type this, only GM employees, automotive journalists, and influencers have actually driven the most powerful naturally aspirated V8 of all time. But we’ve got great news directly from General Motors for the lucky few who have managed to snag a Z06 allocation. GM has officially started shipping customer Z06 orders.

The first of which, pictured above, belongs to Rick Hendrick, who paid $3.6M for the privilege of owning VIN 001.

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Despite numerous build restrictions, Bowling Green has been producing Z06 Corvettes since late September of this year. But this gap between production and shipment led to all sorts of rumors about emissions and allocations. And so, after all the hype and threads and years of waiting, it’s almost time to see actual paying customers (and more influencers — please like and subscribe!) driving these wonderful cars out in the wild.

As previously reported, GM won’t be accepting any additional C8 Z06 orders this calendar year. But sometime this month we can expect GM to start scheduling more builds for folks who already have orders in the system.

Here’s the full note we received from Chevrolet:

Wanted to provide a quick update on Corvette Z06 – we have been in production since late September and today America’s supercar is officially being shipped to customers.

I’ve attached an image of the first retail 2023 Corvette Z06 that rolled off the line, a 70^th Anniversary Edition Z06 with Z07 package in Carbon Flash Metallic. Operation Homefront received $3.6 million from the sale of the first retail Z06 70th Anniversary Edition at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction in January 2022. The car was purchased by Chairman and CEO of Hendrick Automotive Group Rick Hendrick.

Although we previously announced we were no longer accepting additional 2023 Corvette Z06 orders for production through the end of calendar year 2022, we will resume scheduling new Corvette Z06 orders for production this month.

Thanks!

Trevor Thompkins
Car, Performance and Motorsports Communications

Photos: GM