Just to stir things a little, some of us have seen the new Z06 and there are loads of people that think, as always, this is "The one". My take is that it is no better then the half hearted try for the super Corvette that the ZR1 represented. To the average driver it's going to be a Corvette, to the Corvette driver it's going to be a Corvette; oops, I think that was a Z06 (ZR1), and to the pointy nose Corvette driver that has a Z06 it is "The one". Many good advances in the mechanics and structure but dressed like it was Jane.
Both the ZR1 and the new Z06 will go un-noticed until you're right on it or in it. While they were changing the fenders, nose, and the hood would it have been such a job to change the rear end and make it a distinct Z06 instead of a C6 with a slight face, shoulder, and hip lift? Maybe more tire, lower, a hood scoop instead of a nostril, sleek mirrors with turn indicators, and some performance options like a 4:10:1 rear gear?
A fellow club member got rid of his ZR1 for some of those reasons besides it being his most depreciating Corvette. He replaced it with a neat Mustang from 1966 when Hertz got into "rent a racer". It sits beside a white GT350, his only cars that are not Corvettes that go like '53, '54, '55, 56, '57, '58 on up to a '69 L88 and a '84.