Today, decades after it originally came along, the AC Cobra remains an iconic vehicle, one that skyrocketed to fame after Carroll Shelby got his hands on one and transformed it into an absolute monster. Back in December 2022, AC Cars announced that it would be reviving the Cobra for a new generation, and one year later, we got our first look at the first model in what will be a series of them – the AC Cobra GT Roadster. Now, the coupe version has also been revealed.
The AC Cobra GT Coupe looks pretty much identical to the Roadster – albeit with a fixed roof – and shares the same platform, but it also takes inspiration from the AC A98 coupe Le Mans race car from 1964 as well. It rolls on an aluminum chassis and features carbon fiber bodywork to keep weight down, with nifty features including the “Kammtail” rear from the vintage racer that helps reduce drag at high speed.
As is the case with the Roadster, power for the AC Cobra GT Coupe comes from Ford’s 5.0L V8 Coyote engine, which produces 450 horsepower in naturally-aspirated form, or 720 with the optional supercharge upgrade. However, the regular AC Cobra GT Coupe will be preceded by a special Clubsport model churning out 800 horsepower. AC Cars hasn’t yet revealed how much the regular Cobra GT Coupe will weigh, but the Clubsport is targeting a curb weight of 1,450 kilograms, or 3,196 pounds, along with a perfect 50:50 weight distribution.
Deliveries of the AC Cobra GT Coupe will begin in late 2025 with the Clubsport, though only 99 examples of that special model will be built in total. As for the regular Cobra GT Coupe, it’s slated to arrive later on with a base price of £325,000 ($415,949 USD), and reservations are open now for both models.
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It’ll be interesting to see how much appeal Cobras and Cobra redos will have moving forward. The underpinnings are updated, but aerodynamics have come a long way since 1965. Plus Ford seems to be moving away from “things” Shelby of late, promoting their own performance brand in place of. Shelby will always have a historical place in Ford history, but the key word here is history.
Looks like it belongs in a fishbowl not on a racetrack. The old cobra looked fast and powerful. This one could be from an animated cars movie.
Not remember that AC did a coupe version of the original car back in the day, called the AC 428, or Frua bodied coupe. A better looking piece than this IMHO. Of course there were also the original Brock designed Daytona Cobra Coupe, possibly one of the most beautiful cars ever designed or built
If they would have mentioned the almost 1/2 million dollar price I would have stopped reading there. I like the idea expect the limited run to be pricy but that’s too much $ imo there are too many better options at that price point it’s just not special enough
Half a million dollars wow who’s going to be able to pay that be side the rich just go get a factory five for about 80 grand. It’s all fiberglass body summer aluminum if you want to spend a little extra and a is supercharged coyote motor do you have you something you can drive and enjoy and it about $400 cheaper.
Another “Dream car” no one dreamed about.
I really dislike the musak playing while the car is running, missed the start. Getting on the track probably sounded pretty bada$$.