2006 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Coupe "First Built" This Z06 is the first ever built at the bowling green assembly plant on February 4, 2005. In March 2005, it was instrumented and retrofitted with safety equipment at the milford proving grounds in Michigan and three months later underwent nurburgring testing and development, during which manyphotos of the car appeared in automotive magazines, suggesting it was the blue devil . Noteworthy dates include: June 2005: driverTony Rifici taked top speed over 200 MPH on the autobahn; Driver Patrick Herrmann averages 198.6 in both direction at Papenberg, Germany; test laps at Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium, driven by Jim Mero as The pres-screen for the Z06 press show; June 23, 2005: Nurburgring Fast Lap 7:42.99 from a standing start with driver Jan Magnussen; July 2005: Jan Magnussen gives rides to the press writers during the long lead press show on the formula 1 track testing by Johnny O'Connell at Virginia International Raceway.