Pics Aplenty: 2009 Corvette Z06 gets new color and wheels

Posted by Karim Baz

June 13, 2008

Filed under: Car Buying, Coupes, Sports/GTs, Chevrolet

Click above for high-res gallery of the 2009 Corvette Z06

Yes, it’s a slow news day, as many Fridays are. But who’s going to complain about looking at new high-res photos of the 2009 Chevy Corvette Z06? Sure, it’s not the ZR1, but it’s still a damn fine car and for 2009 is getting a few tweaks that might be noteworthy to some. The first that’s immediately evident is the Cyber Gray Metallic paint color, which is also joined by Blade Silver Metallic. With the deletion of Machine Sliver Metallic, the Z06 exterior color palette now stands at nine colors. Also new are ’spider’-design 10-spoke wheels exclusive to the Z06, and they look damn good framing those large rotors and red calipers. Less exciting is the new bright surround around the Corvette logo on the hood and redesigned Z06 sill plates, though owners of the ‘09 model will get a standard power hatch pull-down, Bluetooth as an option and the 10.5-quart dry sump oil system from the ZR1. There’s some more new stuff in GM’s own words after the jump, but we’re too busy looking at the pics to tell you what they are.