Chevy Corvette Z06 vs. Mercedes-AMG GT 63 Coupe: The Edmunds U-Drags Battle

Two V8-powered flagships go head-to-head

Edmunds U-Drags: Chevy Corvette Z06 vs. Mercedes-AMG GT 63

written by Nick Yekikian^{Senior News Editor
Nick Yekikian has worked in the automotive industry since 2019. He has written close to a thousand car-related articles and tested and reviewed more than 200 vehicles over the course of his career. Nick is the Senior News Editor at Edmunds and has also contributed to MotorTrend, Automobile Magazine and Super Street. When Nick isn't zipping around town in his latest used-car find, he's probably making digital art in Photoshop or playing disc golf with friends.}
edited by Steven Ewing^{Director, Editorial Content
Steven Ewing has worked in the automotive industry since 2003. In that time, he's written thousands of articles and tested just as many vehicles. Steven is Edmunds' director of editorial content and has previously been on staff at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog, Motor1.com, CNET, and was the U.S. correspondent for Top Gear magazine. Steven has also contributed to Automobile magazine, Car and Driver, The Drive, Jalopnik, Porsche Panorama, and dozens of other publications. In his spare time, Steven loves to play the drums, cook, and drive his 2000 BMW M Roadster.}
12/12/2024
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We pit the Chevy Corvette Z06 against the luxurious Mercedes-AMG GT 63 coupe.
These two are both hugely powerful and very pricey, but there can be only one winner.
Watch on to find out who wins this surprisingly close U-Drag race.

The Chevy Corvette Z06 and Mercedes-AMG GT 63 are not natural rivals. One is a front-engine grand tourer and the other is a mid-engine supercar. But both have V8s that are fantastic in their own ways, both cost well over $100,000 — even though the AMG is in excess of $60,000 pricier as tested — and both promise oohs and aahs at your local cars and coffee.

But we just have to know, has German engineering trumped the longtime American blue-collar hero? On paper, it's the Corvette's race to lose. It weighs 500 pounds less and makes more top-end grunt (670 hp vs. 577 hp). It also uses a snappy dual-clutch automatic transmission, whereas the AMG makes do with a more conventional automatic. That said, the AMG powers back with far more torque (590 lb-ft vs. 460 lb-ft) and all-wheel-drive traction that should see it sprint away from the line much more quickly than the rear-wheel-drive Z06.

So which car has what it takes to win? There's only one way to find out — check out our video below to see how it all shakes out.

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by Nick Yekikian

Nick Yekikian has worked in the automotive industry since 2019. He has written close to a thousand car-related articles and tested and reviewed more than 200 vehicles over the course of his career. Nick is the Senior News Editor at Edmunds and has also contributed to MotorTrend, Automobile Magazine and Super Street. When Nick isn't zipping around town in his latest used-car find, he's probably making digital art in Photoshop or playing disc golf with friends.

edited by Steven Ewing

Steven Ewing has worked in the automotive industry since 2003. In that time, he's written thousands of articles and tested just as many vehicles. Steven is Edmunds' director of editorial content and has previously been on staff at Winding Road magazine, Autoblog, Motor1.com, CNET, and was the U.S. correspondent for Top Gear magazine. Steven has also contributed to Automobile magazine, Car and Driver, The Drive, Jalopnik, Porsche Panorama, and dozens of other publications. In his spare time, Steven loves to play the drums, cook, and drive his 2000 BMW M Roadster.

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