⚡Lightning Lap 2023 ⚡ | The Ultimate Performance Car Test | Car and Driver

Welcome to Lightning Lap 2023! We put a lot of time and effort into this event, and we hope you enjoy it. The story on our website has more details, including video of each car's hot lap with telemetry, so be sure to check it out. https://www.caranddriver.com/features/a42387169/lightning-lap-2023/ I'm happy to answer any questions you have.

The driver laughing like a child in the Z06 made my day 😆

LAP TIMES: Subaru WRX 202 3:11.6 VW Golf GTI 2022 3:11.4 Hyundai Elantra N 3:07.03 Hyundai Kona N 3:06.1 BMW i4 M50 2022 3:04.7 BMW M240i xDrive 3:00.6 Toyota GR Corolla Morizo 2:59.6 Honda Civic Type R 2023 2:58.8 Toyota Supra GR 3.0 Manual 2:55.6 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing 2:54.6 Mercedes AMG SL63 2:52.6 Audi RS3 2:52.5 BMW M4 CSL 2:47.5 Lamborghini Huracán Tecnica 2:43.9 Cayman GT4 RS 2023 2:40.5 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2023 2:38.6

My favorite part of the video was listening to one of your drivers giggling like a little kid as he drove the Z06.

"Barely faster than the Kia Carnival we lap just for fun"...that's friggin hilarious. 🤣

29:25 When you're laughing like this, while catching a Huracan ... you know the car is good.

I say this almost every year, but thank you for putting all this together for us. The benchmark in vehicle testing remains C&D, and Lightning Lap is one of the few events where the playing field is levelled. Great work.

That blue Z06 is so badass and beautiful at the same time….the sound of the Z06 engine alone is worth every penny.🔥

As a former 'vette owner (X 3), I have great fondness for the mark. Every car that exceeded the Z06's performance here started at about twice the Z06's maxed out price. The Senna is hard to consider as a production car and at a million or better used, made of unobtanium. While the Z06 exceeds my economic restraints and ability to drive, I consider this to be the greatest bargain in automotive history. Hanging tough against this outlier competition is a landmark. And then if you want you can make it faster and parts to do so will be plentiful. After all, it's just a Chevy.,

Lightning Lap is the best thing any car mag has ever done. Really puts into perspective just how good (or bad) these cars relate to not only their competitors, BUT compared to others in completely different pricing brackets. And really shows how tire tech has come so far the past 20 years.

I think the C8 Z06 will probably end up being the best all around super car America has ever built.. and it costs half of other cars in its class..so crazy. 🇺🇸💪💪

I was fortunate enough to be invited out on the final afternoon of LL23 testing, and was given some very warm laps in a few of these cars by the editors, including the Z06 and Lambo. The production process is amazing to witness, and these guys are all real pros! Thanks for letting me stand around with you guys!! (Also, side note, witnessing the Kia minivan with a load of staff doing a hot lap was hysterical. KC had the tires howling and I could even hear it when it was coming through Roller Coaster from the paddock. That was both funny and impressive.)

What a great video. No 0-60 drag race bs. A sports car capability should be tested at the track.

The fact that the Elantra N went 4 seconds faster than the GTI and the WRX is a win by itself.

The giggling at the end of the Z06 hot lap speaks volumes!

I, along with millions of others in the USA, really appreciate you all undertaking the Lightning Lap every year. It’s the reason I subscribe to the printed version of C&D. The C8-Z06 did not disappoint, and I can’t wait to see how the E-Ray and more importantly the ZR1 will compare to the top 5 cars. The Zora could be an insane final configuration of the ICE Corvette

Carlos, you're one of the best automotive journalists out there! Thank you and thank you Car and Driver for doing this yearly!

Z06 and Supra .. delicious meals on a budget.

The Z06 lap looks like you sped up the camera it's so fast. That car is super impressive. I'm honestly impressed with a lot of these vehicles the way they like to rotate. I suspect some of the lower horsepower cars with such great lap times are that fast because of great chassis and suspension tuning along with electronic wizardry to help them get into and around corners quickly.

By far the most impressive of them all was the C8 Zo6. what an amazing car for the price. Im so ready to see that car modded with twin turbos. its will be borderline if not flat out hypercar performance. Chevrolet you absolutely knocked it out of the park with the C8 platform!