You like carbon fiber, right? Of course you do. It's all, you know, carbon-y black and racy. And, of course, it makes any vehicle onto which it is applied, like, superfast.

Might we then introduce you to the 2011 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon edition?

This limited-run, special-edition Z06 comes with a bunch of the magic-fabric. Carbon-fiber pieces include the hood and the black carbon fiber splitter and rockers from the ZR1. That bulged hood is the same shape as the ZR1's but lacks its peek-a-boo window.

More importantly, the Carbon edition, of which Chevrolet will built 500, comes with the ZR1's big, ol' carbon ceramic Brembo brakes and its magnetic, adjustable dampers. And perhaps most important, the Carbon edition comes with a set of Michelin Pilot Sport PS2s tires in place of the standard Z06's considerably less-good Goodyears. They will come mounted to 20-spoke black wheels.

The Carbon can be had in either Inferno Orange or Supersonic Blue (and no, you do not have to have the number decals on the doors). The interior comes with a bunch of suede bits and the mandatory emblems. Oh, and the package comes with a "carbon pattern" engine cover. Chevrolet claims that the Carbon will be three seconds per lap quicker around Laguna Seca than a standard Z06.

Of course, should you not be interested in the whole limited-edition stuff that makes the Corvette-collector world turn, you can option any old 2011 Z06 with pretty much the same gear, split into two packages. The Z07 package brings the Michelins, Brembos and the attractable dampers. The CFZ Z06 carbon-fiber package brings all of the, well, carbon bits. The option packages can be had independently or in combination.

The Carbon model and the Z07 and CFZ Z06 packages will all be acquirable in late summer.