The C6 Z06 arrived as one of the most audacious performance propositions ever offered by a mainstream manufacturer — a 7.0-liter naturally aspirated LS7 producing 505 horsepower, a six-speed manual, and a chassis developed with a singular purpose. When independently tested at the Nürburgring, it posted a lap time in the 7:40 range — matching the Porsche Carrera GT and the Mercedes-McLaren SLR, cars that cost four to five times as much. That result made headlines and cemented the C6 Z06 as a genuine supercar wearing American clothes.

This 2007 example is finished in Victory Red — not a rare color, but the definitive one. It is the color most people picture when they close their eyes and think Corvette, and on a Z06 with a black interior and a six-speed manual, it is simply correct. The 2LT package adds the equipment that makes it livable without compromising what matters. At 10,833 miles it has been barely used in nearly twenty years. The LS7 is a long-lived engine at low mileage, and this one has barely started.