Those lucky individuals impatiently awaiting the arrival of their 2015 Corvette Z06 will be delighted to hear Chevrolet officially begun to ship the first examples of the 650 horsepower supercar today, just in time for the start of the Christmas season.
The first run of Corvette Z06s will all be coupes equipped with the seven-speed manual transmission. The convertibles will follow in the next month or two and eventually the eight-speed automatic models. Chevrolet says it has already received 5,600 orders for the car, and that’s just for manual Z06 coupes. Automatic Corvettes have historically sold in greater numbers, meaning the waiting list for the Z06 may be even longer than the standard C7 Stingray’s.
The Team at Corvette Mike and Corvette Mike Midwest would like to wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. 
Here are some pictures of the 2014 Blue Corvette Z06 from the LA auto show; only because we know you can never see enough pictures of this car.
The all-new 2015 Z06 Corvette with its LT4 supercharged 6.2L, 650 horsepower and 650 lb-ft (881 Nm) of torque, will not get the same gas mileage as the non-supercharger brethren, but it is still a gas sipper compared to other super performance cars. According to the US Department of Energy’s website, the 2015 Corvette Z06 with the 8L90 eight-speed automatic will get 13 mpg city, 23 mpg highway and a combined rating of 16 mpg. Sorry, but the figures for the 7-speed manual were not listed yet.
The ZR1 is the first ‘Vette from the sinkhole to be restored, having received damage that included cracked carbon-fiber ground effects, a broken side rocker panel, cracks in the doors and windshield, a damaged front fender, bent rear control arms, and cracked oil lines. While all that sounds like a lot of damage, the ZR1 was in relatively good shape compared to the others since it was the last to fall into the sinkhole. Because it sat on top [...]
