C8 · 2020+

C8 Options & RPO Codes

The mid-engine generation Zora never got to build carries the most varied engine room in Corvette history — pushrod, flat-plane, hybrid, and twin-turbo. This page covers the defining codes; full year-by-year option tables are still being added to the year pages, and every code in them will be anchored here as they land.

Engines

LT2 — the mid-engine small-block

2020 on: the pushrod 6.2 moved behind the seats at last — 495 hp with the performance exhaust, dry-sump standard, visible through the engine-bay glass like the showpiece it is.

LT6 — the flat-plane 5.5

The Z06's engine: 5.5 liters, flat-plane crank, 8,600 rpm and 670 hp — the most powerful naturally aspirated V8 ever put in a production car, and a complete departure from every Corvette engine before it.

LT7 — the twin-turbo 1,064

The ZR1's hammer: the flat-plane 5.5 with two turbochargers — 1,064 hp, the most powerful American production car engine ever built. Details on the 2027 page.

E-Ray — the hybrid

2024 on: the LT2 plus a front electric motor — 655 hp combined, all-wheel drive, and the quickest 0–60 of any Corvette at its launch. The first electrified Corvette.

Models & packages

Z51 — Performance Package

Still the essential first checkbox, six decades on: performance exhaust, electronic limited-slip, bigger brakes and cooling, and the rear spoiler — the longest-serving performance code in the industry.

Z06 — the flat-plane screamer

2023 on: the LT6, a wider body, and available carbon aero — Zora's 1963 code in its most exotic form yet.

ZR1 — four figures

The LT7's home — the fifth car to wear the code, and the first with four-digit horsepower. See the 2027 page for the current range.

FE4 — Magnetic Ride Control

The magnetorheological dampers, generation four — available on the Stingray, standard up-range.

NPP — performance exhaust

The dual-mode exhaust's third generation of service — and on the C8, the difference between 490 and 495 hp.

The full tables

Year-by-year production option tables for 2020 on are in the works. Have documentation to contribute, or spot an error? Tell us. Earlier generations: C5, C6, C7.