Love them both! Got to go for the smarter choice...E-RAY!...AWD and the CURRENT potential of modifying since the stingray motor has been out a few years now... Imagine a twin turbo or proclaimed AWD E-RAY🔥....and yes it has the Z06 body for the most part...yes...that helps too😁😁😁😁😁😁
Either model or the base Stingray will offer a fantastic driving experience IMO. I’ve not had the opportunity to see the ZO6 or ERAY, but with the Stingray and 495 horsepower with the Z51 Package it offers better all around performance vs just about any “stock vehicle” sold by dealerships. I consider myself very fortunate to have the Red Mist HTC Z51. Anxiously awaiting more information on the ERAY vs The ZO6 once into the hands of the public!
Hello 👋 My experience with the C8 Z51 until recently was two 10 lap track events in Speed Vegas! When Justin and I did our Ft. Lauderdale and the Keys excursion, my C8 Z51 rental with GT1 seats was great! That definitely solidified how pleased I was in the C8 platform. The E-Ray will better suit my use of the car once I obtain one ...ha ha ha 😈 -Shane
I am always going for Awd beacuse that intial acceleration take off that you really feel. Its so fast at 0 to 60. Its amazing. I really wish they would just make awd v8s in general.
My 2C ,I have been driving a Mclaren 650S for the last 5 years and in that time I went to the track 3 times. This car is seriously fast but the turbos experience lag so you need to be going quite fast Before you go really fast which causes problems on the street. I am looking forward to the electric boost of the Eray and I am hoping it will give me a better daily driver experience. I, too, understand the allure of the Z06 as to cost of operation and track focus, but for me the track is just a fun thing ever so often and maybe the Eray will surprise me there if it ever gets that far. Heck, I'm not going to Randy Pobst any competition anyway. Happy driving!
I finally seen a z06 in person today and man oh man. I did not hear the 5.5 but the way it look I'm comparison to the sting ray the z06 looks 10xs better
Great overview! Like you, I'm more of a ZO6 guy. A friend of mine moved off the ZO6 list to become #1 on the eRay list. Two others opted for a regular C8 due to cost of the ZO6. I moved from #6 up to #3 on my dealer list but they haven't had an allocation a single ZO6 yet.
The fastest car I ever owned was a C5 Z06. That thing had 405hp and it was very fast. The idea that the base corvette today has 90 more horsepower than my C5Z is so crazy to me. I wish any one of range was in my budget right now lol
Either one for me, which ever comes available first to me. Looks to be the E-Ray with a much lower waitlist number. I like the wide body looks and it will have more than enough power for me. I will miss having the awesome sounds of the LT6 engine.
C7 ZR1. However, out of the C8 Corvette I leaning towards the E RAY,because of it potential to be modified like a La Ferrari or other Hypercars. Great video and content as always and keep up the great work
It will be interesting to see how tunable the ERay will be. Imagine dropping a Procharger on that puppy? I think you'd be close to 9's in the quarter mile.
I'd like to see a Corvette with a turbo LT6 and a front electric motor. Also a 4-motor Suburban. Possibly an I4 generator and 4 electric motors. (I already know GM will build 2 out of 3.)
Justin, Another great video and content my friend! I don't think you could have said it any better in this video. The E-Ray and Z06 are very similar looking cars, but they grab a different market segment based on their focus features! After our conversation, I've decided to skip my Stingray allocation scheduled for the spring/summer time frame and just wait for my E-Ray allocation to drop! I'm a few years out for my Z06 allocation and I can decide things then or find a "Suga Momma" and have both...ha ha ha 😆 117 👍 Currently -Shane
Imagine what the dealership will charge for the battery disposal fee😂? Illegal Dump Sites might be popping up all over the place. More Government Agents going through backyards and farmland……😮
Good video. Couple things though: You spoke about the 15hp advantage of the Z06 but neglected to mention the 135 lb-ft torque advantage of the ERay. Also, stealth mode allows you to go up to 45mph, not 40. I have a deposit on both @ MM. Pretty sure I'm going with the ERay.
I understand why the eRay exists, but as a pending Z06 owner it bothers me that the eRay uses the Z06's wide body. It somehow makes the Z06 less special. Since the eRay has the Stingray's engine, it should have the Stingray's body. (I know it's because GM wanted to fit the wider tires on the eRay). I especially dislike the body colored trim on the eRay; it somehow makes the car look bland. The black accents highlight the body's interesting contours on both the Z06 and the Stingray. I'm not anti-eRay and I do find the hybrid tech intriguing. But you can definitely chalk me up in the Z06 column - wow, that LT6 engine!
I understand that the contrasting accents look good to many but if you look at any of the other Super and Hyper cars none of them have the kind of accents that the C8s do. I think the body colored accents make the car way more classy and much less hillbilly nascar. I've seen them in the wild and they look great. But to each their own. I should have my Z06 somewhere in that May-June time frame with the body colored accents.
So you don’t have to get a wide body zo6? I bet if they did have body options on the e ray and the zo6 a lot of people would get the slim body to save on gasoline and I think a wide body slows it down🤷♂️
I have my order filled out sitting at my dealer for the Z06 waiting for allocation, I have a very low number (60) but many lower are not able to order due to various constraints, the number 29 guy has his order in already even though the dealer only got 7 car allocation in January, (my dealer is one of the top 4 in the country so their future allocations will be pretty high) with any luck will get my Z in late spring early summer. I am also on the list for an E ray. which I think for me is a better fit however my number is 230, I may keep the Z for 6 months and sell it if the E ray becomes available. However I really don't think the E ray will be available in any numbers for qjhite a while. Bowling Green recently shut down due to a parts shortage so not even Stingrays were being made for a few days. I think all this talk about the E ray is premature and likely my 230 number will be at least a two yr wait.
Not a bad thought process! You really can’t go wrong with either one of these cars and if you can have both of them in some capacity then you’re doing pretty well! 👍👍
The ERAY will be BETTER ON TRACK than anyone understands at this point. Does anyone remember the Randy Pobst Porsche 918 vs the McLaren P1 test? The ZER carbon fiber wheeled car will pull out of corners with a ferocity that will give McLarens Artura all it can handle for FAR less than half the price. The regen small battery idea will see multiple benefits out on the road the Z06 just simply cannot match, BUT IT TRULY IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT AUTOMOBILE. Its pure radio silence from Europe on the entire C8 lineup its SO good.
Justin I like you, but you say you are more of track kind of guy, I have been following you for 3 yrs and have yet to see you on the track. Now Austin (Speed Phenom) is a track guy. I like your stuff but most of you guys, are tunnel revvers, not track people. I don't think Streetpeed 717 could find his way to a track let alone drive on one.
I didn’t say I was a track guy, I said I was a track car kind of guy. With that said, I have been on the track with my c8 twice and the video is on the channel, with intentions of going on the track again this summer with my ZR1.
Not a big fan of hybrids. You end up with any and all gremlin's in the electric component and gremlin's in the ICE component. So all in on one only, not a composite of both.
E-Ray is not an economy car, how does it get pass the Gas Guzzler tax? E-Ray is a great choice if you are too far out on the Z06 otherwise I would go a Z06 without Cup 2 tires. I do like the center exhaust and could live without the ceramic brakes. Plus the history making LT6 engine.
@@HorsePowerObsessed Ok...I thought that he Stingray had a smaller Gas Guzzler tax but I guess not. I would guess the E-Ray will be similar to the Stingray in MPG
@@polystictus I have a 21 C8 no gas guzzler tax actually it gets very good highway mileage over 30 at 75mph on the expressway ave about 22 overall better than my dog hauler Chrysler Pacifica.
I have gone with the Z without the Z07 package because I didn't want the Cup tires, too squirrelly in the rain and it takes too long to get them to temp where you really use what they can do. They really are a track tire. I'll get better everyday traction on the road with the 4s tire. Also I really don't like the huge wing, even though I do like the front spoiler on the Z07, so for me Z06 HTC 3LZ
Brake noise or brake dust, I hate them both! Just remove the brakes entirely and go Fred Flintstone! Lol 😂 There’s got to be someone with a solution for both issues! I understand Steel Brakes are being recommended over CCBs, especially when to replace the CCBs you need to have around $20,000 hidden away in your mattress. Honey, do you remember the kids said they didn’t want to go to college anyway? Oh, I also need to buy Cup 2 Tires again. We got 3,000 miles out of the last set, but they didn’t grip real well in the turns for the last 1,500.
Looking forward to your track focused driving experiences and videos when you have your Z06 over 1500 miles, since you ARE “kinda of a track focused kind of car guy” @ 9:00 minutes….
A track focused car can be enjoyed on or off the track but I'll be on the track from time to time regardless. I had my C8 Stingray on the track twice and even made a video of one of the times I was there. I had it on the drag strip 5 times as well.
The environment is what it is, the environment won't ever be perfect, realistically, relatively clean, but the ev won't ever hold up to the gasoline systems, just won't ever happen, the electric fires prevention factor doesn't have a record yet and probably won't ever have a good record, the ev of the future is one bad mistake
If I was in the market, I'd go eRay. I have a C7 Z06, with Z07 package. And I haven't tracked it. I've done several Mercedes AMG driving academy's, driving their cars, at speeds. But that wasn't my stuff. I enjoy spirited driving. And I'd guess 90% of the folks who have the performance option don't track them. But then again I am out of the market, purchased a boat (150k cash) because I didn't like Stealers gouging everyone with additional mark ups,. I also ordered a New 2500 Ram Rebel to tow my boat. Went with Ram because of the way Dealerships were handling C8 sales. Sorry GM until you get your Dealerships under control people like me will go else where. Try Tesla model sell direct to customers, on models Dealerships can't handle correctly.
Na. It's still a good idea to know things about the car even if you can't get them yet because someday you will be able to and then you'll know what you need to know.
Which one are you going to get? 🤔
When does the 2024 model year start ....HPO
Zo6 with Zo7 package, is sea wolf grey only for the Eray?
ERay, HTC, RMM color
The one without markup
Pro charged eray 860hp ijs hmmm
Imagine a Z06 engine in an E-Ray. Once demand slows it will happen.
That could be the ZR1...would be the simple way.
That would be the GM way for sure.
@@jerometruitt2731zora will actually have the zr1 engine, thats a z06 engine with twin turbos
Love them both! Got to go for the smarter choice...E-RAY!...AWD and the CURRENT potential of modifying since the stingray motor has been out a few years now...
Imagine a twin turbo or proclaimed AWD E-RAY🔥....and yes it has the Z06 body for the most part...yes...that helps too😁😁😁😁😁😁
Either model or the base Stingray will offer a fantastic driving experience IMO.
I’ve not had the opportunity to see the ZO6 or ERAY, but with the Stingray and 495 horsepower with the Z51 Package it offers better all around performance vs just about any “stock vehicle” sold by dealerships.
I consider myself very fortunate to have the Red Mist HTC Z51.
Anxiously awaiting more information on the ERAY vs The ZO6 once into the hands of the public!
Hello 👋
My experience with the C8 Z51 until recently was two 10 lap track events in Speed Vegas!
When Justin and I did our Ft. Lauderdale and the Keys excursion, my C8 Z51 rental with GT1 seats was great!
That definitely solidified how pleased I was in the C8 platform. The E-Ray will better suit my use of the car once I obtain one ...ha ha ha 😈
-Shane
I am always going for Awd beacuse that intial acceleration take off that you really feel. Its so fast at 0 to 60. Its amazing. I really wish they would just make awd v8s in general.
Bought the new Z07 just can’t be happier.
I’d take a z06 with the electric motors, I’ll wait for that one
My 2C ,I have been driving a Mclaren 650S for the last 5 years and in that time I went to the track 3 times. This car is seriously fast but the turbos experience lag so you need to be going quite fast Before you go really fast which causes problems on the street. I am looking forward to the electric boost of the Eray and I am hoping it will give me a better daily driver experience. I, too, understand the allure of the Z06 as to cost of operation and track focus, but for me the track is just a fun thing ever so often and maybe the Eray will surprise me there if it ever gets that far. Heck, I'm not going to Randy Pobst any competition anyway. Happy driving!
I finally seen a z06 in person today and man oh man. I did not hear the 5.5 but the way it look I'm comparison to the sting ray the z06 looks 10xs better
Yes, stingray looks ugly to me. Even worse than C7 stingray with some sport packages.
😂😂😂😂 either one cause both in the 6 figures I'll stick with the stingray.
Great overview! Like you, I'm more of a ZO6 guy. A friend of mine moved off the ZO6 list to become #1 on the eRay list. Two others opted for a regular C8 due to cost of the ZO6. I moved from #6 up to #3 on my dealer list but they haven't had an allocation a single ZO6 yet.
I know that feeling! I'm #1 on 2 different dealership lists and neither have gotten any allocations.
Very good! I'm still trying to decide on my next car. I love both cars, but the eray will be cheaper to mod. Love your videos! 😊
I appreciate it!
Add a ProCharger to the E-Ray And have 725HP Without the electric motor! Should be a car that would give a Tesla "S" Plaid fits!!!!
The E-Ray should be nicknamed "the Nerdvette."
...which is not intended as an insult.
Change my mind.
I LOVE ❤️ CHEVROLET CORVETTE STINGRAY COUPES LOADED & UPGRADED W/AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION.
The fastest car I ever owned was a C5 Z06. That thing had 405hp and it was very fast. The idea that the base corvette today has 90 more horsepower than my C5Z is so crazy to me. I wish any one of range was in my budget right now lol
Very informative podcast
I am like you Justin, I am all in on the Z06
Whichever car anyone picks they are all outside corvettes
Thanks for sharing
💯 you seriously can’t go wrong with either car!!
Either one for me, which ever comes available first to me. Looks to be the E-Ray with a much lower waitlist number. I like the wide body looks and it will have more than enough power for me. I will miss having the awesome sounds of the LT6 engine.
C7 ZR1. However, out of the C8 Corvette I leaning towards the E RAY,because of it potential to be modified like a La Ferrari or other Hypercars. Great video and content as always and keep up the great work
Are there any track videos of the HPO C7 ZR1?
@@dougm8050
What does HPO mean?
@@dougm8050
No
There will be this summer!
HorsePower Obsessed
It will be interesting to see how tunable the ERay will be. Imagine dropping a Procharger on that puppy? I think you'd be close to 9's in the quarter mile.
Very true!
Mind 🧠 Blown 💥
I've actually considered putting the Magnuson Supercharger on it...Holy 💩
Ha ha ha
-Shane
@@Hangin_With_Shane I think a lot of E-Rays will be headed to Callaway and Lingenfelter. Cheaper ZR1?
@@polystictus I've definitely considered it!
@Scrappy 750 It's possible, but we'll have to see.
All the corvettes are outstanding cars
👍
Absolutely!
I'd like to see a Corvette with a turbo LT6 and a front electric motor.
Also a 4-motor Suburban.
Possibly an I4 generator and 4 electric motors.
(I already know GM will build 2 out of 3.)
Justin,
Another great video and content my friend!
I don't think you could have said it any better in this video.
The E-Ray and Z06 are very similar looking cars, but they grab a different market segment based on their focus features!
After our conversation, I've decided to skip my Stingray allocation scheduled for the spring/summer time frame and just wait for my E-Ray allocation to drop!
I'm a few years out for my Z06 allocation and I can decide things then or find a "Suga Momma" and have both...ha ha ha 😆
117 👍 Currently
-Shane
If you find said sugar momma let me know if she has a sister lol 😂😂
I want the E-Ray but we’ll see.
Agreed!
It’s close to $18000 to replace the brakes. Wonder how much it’s going to be to replace the batteries! Your answer is Z06 all the way!
Yikes! The battery is going to be interesting to even get to!
@@HorsePowerObsessed Great video Justin! Cheers my friend
Do you think they will discontinue the C8 stingray in a couple of years and just build the ERay and the Z06 and Zorra
No. I think the stingray will stick around longer than any other model.
Imagine what the dealership will charge for the battery disposal fee😂?
Illegal Dump Sites might be popping up all over the place.
More Government Agents going through backyards and farmland……😮
Good video. Couple things though: You spoke about the 15hp advantage of the Z06 but neglected to mention the 135 lb-ft torque advantage of the ERay. Also, stealth mode allows you to go up to 45mph, not 40. I have a deposit on both @ MM. Pretty sure I'm going with the ERay.
Does the Eray have Jet turbine sound in the interior while the v8 engine is also in use?
Only question I need answered. Thanks Justin
I understand why the eRay exists, but as a pending Z06 owner it bothers me that the eRay uses the Z06's wide body. It somehow makes the Z06 less special. Since the eRay has the Stingray's engine, it should have the Stingray's body. (I know it's because GM wanted to fit the wider tires on the eRay). I especially dislike the body colored trim on the eRay; it somehow makes the car look bland. The black accents highlight the body's interesting contours on both the Z06 and the Stingray. I'm not anti-eRay and I do find the hybrid tech intriguing. But you can definitely chalk me up in the Z06 column - wow, that LT6 engine!
I understand that the contrasting accents look good to many but if you look at any of the other Super and Hyper
cars none of them have the kind of accents that the C8s do. I think the body colored accents make the car way more classy and much less hillbilly nascar. I've seen them in the wild and they look great. But to each their own. I should have my Z06 somewhere in that May-June time frame with the body colored accents.
Probably in GM's mind, any Corvette with a price tag higher than 100k should use the Z06 wide body.
So you don’t have to get a wide body zo6? I bet if they did have body options on the e ray and the zo6 a lot of people would get the slim body to save on gasoline and I think a wide body slows it down🤷♂️
I have my order filled out sitting at my dealer for the Z06 waiting for allocation, I have a very low number (60) but many lower are not able to order due to various constraints, the number 29 guy has his order in already even though the dealer only got 7 car allocation in January, (my dealer is one of the top 4 in the country so their future allocations will be pretty high) with any luck will get my Z in late spring early summer. I am also on the list for an E ray. which I think for me is a better fit however my number is 230, I may keep the Z for 6 months and sell it if the E ray becomes available. However I really don't think the E ray will be available in any numbers for qjhite a while. Bowling Green recently shut down due to a parts shortage so not even Stingrays were being made for a few days. I think all this talk about the E ray is premature and likely my 230 number will be at least a two yr wait.
Not a bad thought process! You really can’t go wrong with either one of these cars and if you can have both of them in some capacity then you’re doing pretty well! 👍👍
You can get a keyholder for 5 dollars that blocks the signal.
Eray also probably wont have the $2600 gas guzzler tax z06 has even without z07 pkg.
So much good info!
Thanks, Jason!
Justin the E-ray seems to be a better value Corvette than Z06! Is the E-ray available at the Chevrolet dealership?
It’s not available yet, but it should be popping up for order sometime around late summer!
The ERAY will be BETTER ON TRACK than anyone understands at this point. Does anyone remember the Randy Pobst Porsche 918 vs the McLaren P1 test? The ZER carbon fiber wheeled car will pull out of corners with a ferocity that will give McLarens Artura all it can handle for FAR less than half the price. The regen small battery idea will see multiple benefits out on the road the Z06 just simply cannot match, BUT IT TRULY IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT AUTOMOBILE. Its pure radio silence from Europe on the entire C8 lineup its SO good.
Justin I like you, but you say you are more of track kind of guy, I have been following you for 3 yrs and have yet to see you on the track. Now Austin (Speed Phenom) is a track guy. I like your stuff but most of you guys, are tunnel revvers, not track people. I don't think Streetpeed 717 could find his way to a track let alone drive on one.
I didn’t say I was a track guy, I said I was a track car kind of guy. With that said, I have been on the track with my c8 twice and the video is on the channel, with intentions of going on the track again this summer with my ZR1.
Not a big fan of hybrids. You end up with any and all gremlin's in the electric component and gremlin's in the ICE component. So all in on one only, not a composite of both.
I will never take it to the track...so eray for me, I can't wait...launching a 655hp all wheel drive corvette...let's goooooooooooooo
E-Ray is not an economy car, how does it get pass the Gas Guzzler tax? E-Ray is a great choice if you are too far out on the Z06 otherwise I would go a Z06 without Cup 2 tires. I do like the center exhaust and could live without the ceramic brakes. Plus the history making LT6 engine.
The gas guzzler tax is calculated by miles per gallon, and the ERAY is very likely to have a better miles per gallon than the z06
@@HorsePowerObsessed Ok...I thought that he Stingray had a smaller Gas Guzzler tax but I guess not. I would guess the E-Ray will be similar to the Stingray in MPG
@@polystictus I have a 21 C8 no gas guzzler tax actually it gets very good highway mileage over 30 at 75mph on the expressway ave about 22 overall better than my dog hauler Chrysler Pacifica.
I have gone with the Z without the Z07 package because I didn't want the Cup tires, too squirrelly in the rain and it takes too long to get them to temp where you really use what they can do. They really are a track tire. I'll get better everyday traction on the road with the 4s tire. Also I really don't like the huge wing, even though I do like the front spoiler on the Z07, so for me Z06 HTC 3LZ
Rock on!
🤘
Easy CHOICE ERAY ALL DAY!
I want the eray
You can't go wrong either way!
silly question none available!
I’ll just put Sport Cup 2s on the Eray and buy the zo6 spoiler and aero kit. Lol
🤣🤣🤣 my man!! Seriously though the suspension is tuned differently as well.
I’m trying to figure out brakes. I might have to switch out ceramic as I hate noisy brakes
The ceramics on my ZR1 aren't noisy at all.
Switch out $20k brakes? Hahahahaha
Brake noise or brake dust, I hate them both! Just remove the brakes entirely and go Fred Flintstone!
Lol 😂
There’s got to be someone with a solution for both issues!
I understand Steel Brakes are being recommended over CCBs, especially when to replace the CCBs you need to have around $20,000 hidden away in your mattress.
Honey, do you remember the kids said they didn’t want to go to college anyway?
Oh, I also need to buy Cup 2 Tires again. We got 3,000 miles out of the last set, but they didn’t grip real well in the turns for the last 1,500.
Not certain which is better put together the Vehicle or the video/commentary. 🙈
Why thank you!
Looking forward to your track focused driving experiences and videos when you have your Z06 over 1500 miles, since you ARE “kinda of a track focused kind of car guy” @ 9:00 minutes….
A track focused car can be enjoyed on or off the track but I'll be on the track from time to time regardless. I had my C8 Stingray on the track twice and even made a video of one of the times I was there. I had it on the drag strip 5 times as well.
The environment is what it is, the environment won't ever be perfect, realistically, relatively clean, but the ev won't ever hold up to the gasoline systems, just won't ever happen, the electric fires prevention factor doesn't have a record yet and probably won't ever have a good record, the ev of the future is one bad mistake
To 1400000$ car
If I was in the market, I'd go eRay. I have a C7 Z06, with Z07 package. And I haven't tracked it. I've done several Mercedes AMG driving academy's, driving their cars, at speeds. But that wasn't my stuff. I enjoy spirited driving. And I'd guess 90% of the folks who have the performance option don't track them. But then again I am out of the market, purchased a boat (150k cash) because I didn't like Stealers gouging everyone with additional mark ups,. I also ordered a New 2500 Ram Rebel to tow my boat. Went with Ram because of the way Dealerships were handling C8 sales. Sorry GM until you get your Dealerships under control people like me will go else where. Try Tesla model sell direct to customers, on models Dealerships can't handle correctly.
Agree many dealers are gouging and GM should hammer them, but there are many honest dealers out there that are selling at sticker. Enjoy the boat.
GM can’t deliver either model - so stop wasting time discussing!!!!
Na. It's still a good idea to know things about the car even if you can't get them yet because someday you will be able to and then you'll know what you need to know.
Not a fan