{"id":2559,"date":"2022-12-31T16:25:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2559"},"modified":"2022-12-31T16:25:10","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:25:10","slug":"legendary-ac-cobra-sports-car-returning-in-2023-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/?p=2559","title":{"rendered":"Legendary AC Cobra sports car returning in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"

close \"One Video <\/p>\n

One of a kind Shelby Cobra Concept up for auction<\/h4>\n

Could be worth millions<\/p>\n

The curvaceous classic AC Cobra sports car is making a comeback.<\/p>\n

The two-seat British roadster, better known to Americans as the Shelby Cobra, is being rebooted as an all-new car in 2023.<\/p>\n

AC Cars was restructured this year and has been developing the new take on the iconic automobile.<\/p>\n

The car was originally launched as the ACE in 1953 until Carroll Shelby teamed up with AC and stuffed a 260 cubic-inch Ford V8 into it to create the Cobra for 1962.<\/p>\n

RARE SHELBY COBRA MADE OF BRONZE IS WORTH A SMALL FORTUNE<\/p>\n

\"\" <\/p>\n

(RM Sotheby’s)<\/p>\n

Countless replicas have been built over the years, but first original car still exists and was auctioned in 2016 for $13.89 million.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

\n The new AC Cobra GT will be revealed next spring.
\n (AC Cars)<\/p>\n

The new AC Cobra GT will be fully revealed next spring, but a few teaser images and some specifications have been released.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

\n The AC Cobra GT will be powered by a 645 hp V8.
\n (AC Cars)<\/p>\n

The car copies the original’s later widebody design, but has been scaled up in size a few notches. It is built on an aluminum platform and wrapped in carbon fiber bodywork.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FOX NEWS AUTOS NEWSLETTER<\/p>\n

Power will be provided by a V8 engine of yet to be announced size or origin that will be rated at 645 horsepower. The choice of a six-speed manual transmission or 10-speed automatic will be offered.<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

\n The AC Cobra GT is slightly larger than the original.
\n (AC Cars)<\/p>\n

AC Cars said it will be able to accelerate to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/p>\n

Pricing and U.S. availability have not been announced, but an AC Cars spokesman told Fox News Digital that more news is on the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

close Video One of a kind Shelby Cobra Concept up for auction Could be worth millions The curvaceous classic AC Cobra sports car is making a comeback. The two-seat British<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2559\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.icaridea.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}