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CarsLore / Compare / Sports cars / Corvette Z06 vs 911 Carrera S

Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs Porsche 911 Carrera S

Two sports cars, compared on the same official records: MOT and inspection results, safety ratings, fuel use, recalls and owner complaints. 1 like-for-like measure: the Chevrolet Corvette Z06 leads on 0, the Porsche 911 Carrera S on 1.

Where each one leads

Chevrolet Corvette Z06

Ahead on none of the like-for-like measures.

Porsche 911 Carrera S

  • On Canada's official test the most frugal 2025 Porsche 911 Carrera S uses 11.4 l/100 km, the 2026 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 15.8.

Only measures that do not depend on how many cars were sold: pass and failure rates against cars of the same age, ratings, fuel use and CO₂. How we compare

At a glance

Chevrolet Corvette Z06Porsche 911 Carrera S
Model years in the US safety record2005–20082005–2023
New cars registered in Europe—24,829 (2010–2022)
In traffic in Finland—129

EEA new-car registrations (CC BY 4.0) · DVLA licensed vehicles (OGL v3.0) · RDW (CC0) · Traficom (CC BY 4.0) · generations: Wikidata (CC0).

Reliability and problems

Chevrolet Corvette Z06Porsche 911 Carrera S
US owner complaints1466
Most complaints aboutEngineWheels
Model year with most complaints2006 (48)2006 (2)
US recall campaigns15
Manufacturer service bulletins5492,940
NHTSA defect investigations10—

Complaint, recall and bulletin counts grow with the number of cars sold and are not adjusted for it. UK MOT: DVSA anonymised MOT results (OGL v3.0); New York: DMV inspections; complaints, recalls, bulletins and investigations: NHTSA (public domain); odometer: RDW (CC0).

Fuel, emissions and price

Chevrolet Corvette Z06Porsche 911 Carrera S
Official combined fuel use, Canada15.8 l/100 km (2026)11.4 l/100 km (2025)
Real-world use in Europe, petrol—12.5 l/100 km
Official CO₂ of new cars in Europe—241 g/km
Average power of new cars in Europe—331 kW (444 hp)
Average mass in running order—1,619 kg
Average odometer in Finland—92,000 km

Canada: NRCan Fuel Consumption Ratings, most frugal version of the latest year (OGL Canada). Europe: EEA monitoring of new-car CO₂ and on-board fuel meters (OBFCM), CC BY 4.0. Price: RDW catalogue price (CC0). Finland: Traficom (CC BY 4.0).