Who cares if it's not a Ford engine. AC made the original car with a British flat 6 and the same company makes this car. They can put whatever engine they like in it. The Shelby version is an awesome classic, but this is not a Shelby car, it's an AC car. It's a brilliant car. Would I spend £100000 on this instead of a good Shelby kit car? No.
Not a true cobra I couldn't call that one and for 100000£ that's stupid I've seen 3 real cobras in my life and they all made me smile and that one didnt and plus these guys are trying to hard to be like top gear you suck get that through your head
THAT CAR IS ALL WRONG!!! WRONG! A real cobra NEVER had a chevy engine! Whoever made that decision or decided to call it a cobra is an IMBICILE! Cobras are ALWAYS Fords! NO EXCEPTIONS!
That's the way super cars should be they were all like that in the 60's they were a lot better looking then today not as fast as today but way more fun to drive why because driving a modern car is like syincing your I pod then you were connected to the car and that's what made them great
Odd that they didn't just go with the 5.4 litre GT500 engine. It did, after all, gain it's reputation with a Ford engine.....or if they stayed with an LS engine, why not the Z06 7.0 litre? That translates to 427 c.i. :)
did they seriously put a fucking ls3 into a Shelby car. what the fuck, they better fucking watch out because Carol Shelby is going to send some one over to blow up there factory, which is what they deserve.
@2bidfilmsguy AC are entitled to put whatever engine they like in an Ace-or cobra as it's come to be known,Carol had a great idea when she ordered an ace with a bigger engine,but thecar is British as they come.
@tweeny55 yes I understand that, but Shelby has ALWAYS used ford engines, they could of gone and put the brand new coyote 5.0 engine witch still produces 410 horsepower made by Ford, and it weighs allot less than the gm 6.2. even though it is considered a replica, you don't go and remake an iconic 7 liter ford engined 60's super car and then put a Chevy engine in it, even if it is all British it looks like the original. you don't remake an e type jag and then put a engine from Toyota in it.
@2bidfilmsguy The AC Cobra is not a replica,its the mk6 version of the original Ace/Cobra-Shelby was a tuner who put a different engine in an AC Cobra-Shelby didn't design or originally build this car AC did...search AC ACE and you'll see what I mean.And I believe the ace had a Bristol derived engine at first which was a variant of an old BMW engine-
@tweeny55 yes but when Shelby worked on it, it had a stroked and bored FORD 351. this car has always been associated with Shelby, and the Shelby cobra has always had a ford power plant. So even if it is not a shelby it just seems wrong to put a gm engine in it because it is a Shelby icon.
In case you don't know IT"S KIT CAR! You can put anything you damn please in there. Mine has a 6 cylinder Nova engine in it, until i get my hands on a V8 of some sort.
Oh, the irony! The bodywork, the rollbar, they look a bit more kit car-ish in shape & proportions than the "genuine" cars and those produced by Shelby & Kirkham, respectively.
There are lots of differences between the various kit cars and "bona-fide" Cobras out there--some subtle, some glaring. I'm glad AC is still in business, but I'd want to ask them: What did you DO to it?!? Cobras are like french-toast--the recipe's so simple, you have to TRY to f' it up...
@MyOpinionMatterss That's your opinion. It doesn't sound like a 427 SOHC. And usually when someone puts a GM motor in vehicle that requires a Ford motor is because they went cheap.
@wilecatrexy Its because its an Chevrolet 6.2 Litre LS3 V8 with R2300 Four lobe Rotor Roots Type Supercharger, producing 647 BHP 1,025KG ( The Base GT version produces 437BHP). Also made in Germany, Heyda & costs £90,000 UK Pounds which you might find ain't exactly cheap.
@masonizere GM is a POS I have driven many and had quite a few fail.I will never own a GM or anything powered by a GM. Total POS.I don't care how much it costs it's still shit and can't handle the accidental abuse like a Ford or Mopar can (overrev)
I've seen it many times so don't feed a line of BS back.
It's pretty bad when my $7000 347 (5.6L)Ford is putting out 515hp naturally and that POS 6.2L Supercharged is only pushing 647 and will be more dependable.
@rider660r dude. Calm down. You're ford doesn't put out that much power. You may want to believe so. I also want to believe the Fiat Panda has a million horsepower. That doesn't make it worth my time to go on the youtubes and bitch about how awesome my fictional horsepower is. Dyno vids or it didn't happen. Deal?
@SirWilliamLeys Suck my dick kid,cause it does and no cam for it but got the paper workup on it tho.
Your a dick and Gm is shit!! Go your cheap way if you want,I'll go for more with a Ford or even Mopar.
And for you asinine info,I was pointing out how shitty more ci on a Gm still = a smallblock Ford or Mopar. Now STFU and really learn something before to get plugged
@cruisecat No, its not a replica. Its the next generation Cobra. Its built by AC. Of course its owned by a german company but it still uses AC build and American engine
i dont like these "new" cobras its not a Cobra in my eyes. a cobra is 40-45 years old and has a ford engine in it not a Chevy how could you take and make a real cobra with a corvette engine, YOU CANT just another KIT to me. nothin better than original
@mantishrimpruler2 Except it is built by the company who built the originals. When AC was building the first Cobras, they WANTED to use a Corvette engine, but Chevy was afraid it would become a rival of the Corvette, which it did anyways. So its what AC wanted the car to be. And it is better than the original, and its NOT a kit car
you are right except for the part where you said "when AC was building the 1st cobras and they wanted to use a chevy engine". Correction: Shelby built the cobra and ac built the body not the car just the exterior, the body isnt the whole car people, just because the body looks the same doesnt mean anything, it has to be made in part by shelby to be called a cobra because he made the COBRA name. also shelby went to chevy 1st not ac and at first cobras were intended to just be sold in America.
@mantishrimpruler2 My grandfather hooked Carroll Shelby up with the engines for the Cobras. From what I have heard from family and the book "the Cobra Story", Lee Iacocca turned Shelby down, so he went and saw my grandpa, David Evans, who was in charge of Ford's SVT and Ford Racing divisions. They developed the coolest car ever and whipped Ferrari's ass for a while. Not trying to brag, but you should hear the stories from those days. My dad tore through Dearborn in the prototype!
sounds like this car has traction control, you can hear it cutting in, and i thought AC werent allowed to use the 'Cobra' name, thought it would just be the 'AC MK6'
@lukeshytalker02 Actually, although it was Shelby's concept and developed from the Ace, AC built the Cobra as a Cobra from day 1. Initial engineering for the V8 was done by AC, and the first Cobra was built as a complete car by AC before being shipped to States where Shelby's team raced and developed it. Shelby originally owned the Cobra name but sold it to Ford ages ago. AC could still use Cobra name on Ford powered cars, but as this isn't Ford powered AC can't (and don't) call it a Cobra.
@lukeshytalker02 Ford bought the Cobra name off Shelby ages ago but let AC continue to use it because they used Ford engines. However, this car has a Chevy engine so it can't be called a Cobra (and isn't on the AC website) in the same way the Lotus V8 powered version AC built couldn't be called a Cobra.
AC cars were a small independent company who were approached by Carrol shelby in 1962 he was looking for a car to challenge the chevy corvette in us sports car racing.
the 427 fe is a farrari crunching monster and one of the most desirable cars in the world
The video says it's not a kit, so why the Dax body, A Dax dashboard, External boot hinges, Bolt on wheels, fake spinners, Dax style padding around the cockpit? What's under the skin, a Dax supertube maybe? It's OK as far as replicas go, but there's nothing like the original 60's car. If I was to choose between this and a Kirkham, for example, the Kirkham would win every time. Plus its cheaper. So is a Dax, a Ram and a GD. All can be set up to out-perform & cost much less. Is it REALLY an AC???
"sigh, I got to get myself one of these one day, one day, one.. day.."
A very nice car indeed, considering I've never been much of a fan of open-tops, I can't wait till they get around to launching the Gullwinged-Coupe version.
Who cares if it's not a Ford engine. AC made the original car with a British flat 6 and the same company makes this car. They can put whatever engine they like in it. The Shelby version is an awesome classic, but this is not a Shelby car, it's an AC car. It's a brilliant car. Would I spend £100000 on this instead of a good Shelby kit car? No.
AusShinDig 1 week ago
He just came at 1:19
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sapient254 2 weeks ago
Not a true cobra I couldn't call that one and for 100000£ that's stupid I've seen 3 real cobras in my life and they all made me smile and that one didnt and plus these guys are trying to hard to be like top gear you suck get that through your head
01trecool01 1 month ago
Yeah sorry, wrong engine, all of the Cobras i've heard sound raspy and mean, not like that.
Wolfmots 2 months ago
THAT CAR IS ALL WRONG!!! WRONG! A real cobra NEVER had a chevy engine! Whoever made that decision or decided to call it a cobra is an IMBICILE! Cobras are ALWAYS Fords! NO EXCEPTIONS!
EpicScandinavian 4 months ago
That's the way super cars should be they were all like that in the 60's they were a lot better looking then today not as fast as today but way more fun to drive why because driving a modern car is like syincing your I pod then you were connected to the car and that's what made them great
adam1othman 4 months ago
Odd that they didn't just go with the 5.4 litre GT500 engine. It did, after all, gain it's reputation with a Ford engine.....or if they stayed with an LS engine, why not the Z06 7.0 litre? That translates to 427 c.i. :)
gareebee 5 months ago
did they seriously put a fucking ls3 into a Shelby car. what the fuck, they better fucking watch out because Carol Shelby is going to send some one over to blow up there factory, which is what they deserve.
2bidfilmsguy 6 months ago
@2bidfilmsguy AC are entitled to put whatever engine they like in an Ace-or cobra as it's come to be known,Carol had a great idea when she ordered an ace with a bigger engine,but thecar is British as they come.
tweeny55 5 months ago
@tweeny55 yes I understand that, but Shelby has ALWAYS used ford engines, they could of gone and put the brand new coyote 5.0 engine witch still produces 410 horsepower made by Ford, and it weighs allot less than the gm 6.2. even though it is considered a replica, you don't go and remake an iconic 7 liter ford engined 60's super car and then put a Chevy engine in it, even if it is all British it looks like the original. you don't remake an e type jag and then put a engine from Toyota in it.
2bidfilmsguy 5 months ago
@2bidfilmsguy The AC Cobra is not a replica,its the mk6 version of the original Ace/Cobra-Shelby was a tuner who put a different engine in an AC Cobra-Shelby didn't design or originally build this car AC did...search AC ACE and you'll see what I mean.And I believe the ace had a Bristol derived engine at first which was a variant of an old BMW engine-
tweeny55 5 months ago
@tweeny55 yes but when Shelby worked on it, it had a stroked and bored FORD 351. this car has always been associated with Shelby, and the Shelby cobra has always had a ford power plant. So even if it is not a shelby it just seems wrong to put a gm engine in it because it is a Shelby icon.
2bidfilmsguy 5 months ago
WATCH THE FUCKING ROAD WHILE DRIVING THAT
SaabyHun97 7 months ago
LS engine FTW. Autocar U.K you still fucken SUCK.
noshabibis 9 months ago
The damn shelby cobra is a AC Cobra just with a more powerful engine... Or was thanks to this model
ministryod10 9 months ago
shelby cobra is where its at forget porshe and german manufactors but hardcore american ford racing shit with a cleveland 351
jseamy33 9 months ago
uhauahuahuahua....shut your mouth please! :°°D huahauhauhuahuah
aldomiano 10 months ago
dear santa.....
TheD0RKNIGHT 10 months ago
jizz
chubyali 11 months ago
The guy totally has a cargasm at 1:19.
BetterCallSaul 1 year ago
I think the 6.2 chev motor works better in the Marcos TSO. It should NEVER be in a Cobra...EVER!!!!
hendo337 1 year ago 6
Nice to look at, nice to drive and nice to own
SWIMGLOWS 1 year ago
Stunning what more can one say, certianly would not whant to crash one though :p
mfhoggj 1 year ago
Here's the Website of the German manufacturer: accars.de
They did an awesome job!
StuSerMr 1 year ago
1 person drives a prius, and was overtaken by a cobra and blown into the weeds
richboy900 1 year ago
The owner of this car is watching this video, saying, "WHAT THE FUCK!"
BoStErO1905 1 year ago 2
WHY is this guy driving a Left hand drive car on the left lane of the road?
saeidmomtahan 1 year ago
How dare they put a Corvette engine in my beloved AC Cobra!? ONLY A 427 BELONGS IN AN AC COBRA!!! ;[
tjstevens74 1 year ago
@tjstevens74
In case you don't know IT"S KIT CAR! You can put anything you damn please in there. Mine has a 6 cylinder Nova engine in it, until i get my hands on a V8 of some sort.
Greetings from Iran
saeidmomtahan 1 year ago
@saeidmomtahan This is not a kit car, it's made by AC, the same British company that made the original Cobra and inspired the kit cars.
AusShinDig 1 week ago
Ouh! I live for old cars! ONE day I will be buy some old car! Any of these cars.
- Chevrolet Corvette 61 convertible
- AC/Shelby Cobra
- Jaguar E-type
- Maserati 2500 gt
- Aston Martin DB5
- Alfa Romeo guilietta
- BMW 507
- Ferrari 250 any. These are extreamly expensive.
kitaramies1000 1 year ago
Wow! What the color. What the sound. Love it!
AlexRyteuBart 1 year ago
The guy in the vid says clearly "a MK4 Cobra" and yet the title says MK6....
PijnigeR 1 year ago
Believe in me, best is driving thru town and start other cars alarms :D
SiouxGER 1 year ago
ONE DAY!!!
GOTROL 1 year ago
If I owned that car I would pull a James Dean
Dayberry 1 year ago
Oh, the irony! The bodywork, the rollbar, they look a bit more kit car-ish in shape & proportions than the "genuine" cars and those produced by Shelby & Kirkham, respectively.
There are lots of differences between the various kit cars and "bona-fide" Cobras out there--some subtle, some glaring. I'm glad AC is still in business, but I'd want to ask them: What did you DO to it?!? Cobras are like french-toast--the recipe's so simple, you have to TRY to f' it up...
reddsun1 1 year ago 2
Pretty cool... Until you said it had a corvette engine in it.
wilecatrexy 1 year ago 2
@wilecatrexy Yeah, putting one of the best engines ever made into a car completely ruins it.
MyOpinionMatterss 1 year ago
@MyOpinionMatterss That's your opinion. It doesn't sound like a 427 SOHC. And usually when someone puts a GM motor in vehicle that requires a Ford motor is because they went cheap.
wilecatrexy 1 year ago
@wilecatrexy Its because its an Chevrolet 6.2 Litre LS3 V8 with R2300 Four lobe Rotor Roots Type Supercharger, producing 647 BHP 1,025KG ( The Base GT version produces 437BHP). Also made in Germany, Heyda & costs £90,000 UK Pounds which you might find ain't exactly cheap.
masonizere 1 year ago
@masonizere It's got no soul brotha!
wilecatrexy 1 year ago
@masonizere GM is a POS I have driven many and had quite a few fail.I will never own a GM or anything powered by a GM. Total POS.I don't care how much it costs it's still shit and can't handle the accidental abuse like a Ford or Mopar can (overrev)
I've seen it many times so don't feed a line of BS back.
It's pretty bad when my $7000 347 (5.6L)Ford is putting out 515hp naturally and that POS 6.2L Supercharged is only pushing 647 and will be more dependable.
rider660r 1 year ago
@rider660r dude. Calm down. You're ford doesn't put out that much power. You may want to believe so. I also want to believe the Fiat Panda has a million horsepower. That doesn't make it worth my time to go on the youtubes and bitch about how awesome my fictional horsepower is. Dyno vids or it didn't happen. Deal?
SirWilliamLeys 1 year ago
@SirWilliamLeys Suck my dick kid,cause it does and no cam for it but got the paper workup on it tho.
Your a dick and Gm is shit!! Go your cheap way if you want,I'll go for more with a Ford or even Mopar.
And for you asinine info,I was pointing out how shitty more ci on a Gm still = a smallblock Ford or Mopar. Now STFU and really learn something before to get plugged
rider660r 1 year ago
I would jizz if I ONLY SAT IN THAT BEAST!
SharkYSharK2240 1 year ago
check the bolts on the wheels, its a replica, with a fiberglass body..... NOT a real cobra
thechadpreece 1 year ago
Really awsome, but it needs a 427 Side-Oiler.
k6k6k6Darkie 1 year ago
Still not a Cobra or a Cobra Continuation. Not Happenin!
Shelby or Superformance with 600 hp now that is the car.
sixtiesforever1966 1 year ago 3
I'd sell one of my lungs to get one of these...
canzy28192 1 year ago
what is the name of the opening and closing theme music in these videos
Cartier736 1 year ago
just look at that handeling
concorde1350mph 1 year ago
Ofcourse it is a replica, but it has better road handling performance than the real deal back in the sixties...
cruisecat 1 year ago
@cruisecat No, its not a replica. Its the next generation Cobra. Its built by AC. Of course its owned by a german company but it still uses AC build and American engine
magnum9987 1 year ago
If you did that in your local high street all the girls will think you have a little willy :)
Creamo555 1 year ago
i dont like these "new" cobras its not a Cobra in my eyes. a cobra is 40-45 years old and has a ford engine in it not a Chevy how could you take and make a real cobra with a corvette engine, YOU CANT just another KIT to me. nothin better than original
mantishrimpruler2 1 year ago
@mantishrimpruler2 Except it is built by the company who built the originals. When AC was building the first Cobras, they WANTED to use a Corvette engine, but Chevy was afraid it would become a rival of the Corvette, which it did anyways. So its what AC wanted the car to be. And it is better than the original, and its NOT a kit car
magnum9987 1 year ago
you are right except for the part where you said "when AC was building the 1st cobras and they wanted to use a chevy engine". Correction: Shelby built the cobra and ac built the body not the car just the exterior, the body isnt the whole car people, just because the body looks the same doesnt mean anything, it has to be made in part by shelby to be called a cobra because he made the COBRA name. also shelby went to chevy 1st not ac and at first cobras were intended to just be sold in America.
mantishrimpruler2 1 year ago
@mantishrimpruler2 My grandfather hooked Carroll Shelby up with the engines for the Cobras. From what I have heard from family and the book "the Cobra Story", Lee Iacocca turned Shelby down, so he went and saw my grandpa, David Evans, who was in charge of Ford's SVT and Ford Racing divisions. They developed the coolest car ever and whipped Ferrari's ass for a while. Not trying to brag, but you should hear the stories from those days. My dad tore through Dearborn in the prototype!
NortonNice 1 year ago
@NortonNice What a lucking guy!!!
mantishrimpruler2 1 year ago
He called it a "cobbra"...
But he drives it quite well
MegaHorse88 1 year ago
i love it
johnjdr33 1 year ago
sounds like this car has traction control, you can hear it cutting in, and i thought AC werent allowed to use the 'Cobra' name, thought it would just be the 'AC MK6'
lukeshytalker02 1 year ago
@lukeshytalker02 AC is the company that built the originals after all. Weird
magnum9987 1 year ago
@magnum9987 well technically no, ac built the Ace, Shelby put the V8 in it and called it the Cobra, Shelby always owned the name 'Cobra'
lukeshytalker02 1 year ago
@lukeshytalker02 Actually, although it was Shelby's concept and developed from the Ace, AC built the Cobra as a Cobra from day 1. Initial engineering for the V8 was done by AC, and the first Cobra was built as a complete car by AC before being shipped to States where Shelby's team raced and developed it. Shelby originally owned the Cobra name but sold it to Ford ages ago. AC could still use Cobra name on Ford powered cars, but as this isn't Ford powered AC can't (and don't) call it a Cobra.
t45tube 1 year ago
@lukeshytalker02 Ford bought the Cobra name off Shelby ages ago but let AC continue to use it because they used Ford engines. However, this car has a Chevy engine so it can't be called a Cobra (and isn't on the AC website) in the same way the Lotus V8 powered version AC built couldn't be called a Cobra.
t45tube 1 year ago
AC cars were a small independent company who were approached by Carrol shelby in 1962 he was looking for a car to challenge the chevy corvette in us sports car racing.
the 427 fe is a farrari crunching monster and one of the most desirable cars in the world
harrybluemax 1 year ago
You dont even need a stereo in that!
daverave2204 2 years ago
or...the stereo does not need speakers haha
powersliding 1 year ago
Hell ye!!!
daverave2204 1 year ago
ho build that cobra that he drives?? does anybody now the name of the company???
enerandrea 2 years ago
its AC cars as stated in the video
lukeshytalker02 1 year ago
its the original cobra mk 6 with license from AC... build in saxonia / germany
Brille87 1 year ago
hey do these replicas usually come with power steering?
lobzdik 2 years ago
its no replica!
Brille87 1 year ago
haha fuck yah driftin the ac!
604KINGfiveohh 2 years ago
Quality!
GazLan 2 years ago
"can you imagine doing that in your local highstreet?"
Yeh, you'd look like a real knob.
philriley427 2 years ago
go drive your rice rocket you homo.
Chrisd534534 2 years ago
maybe one day....love it...
menaceman1000 2 years ago
Damn...I have always loved that car!!! Old school...is another way of saying, "its proven itself!"
brainards1 2 years ago 19
@brainards1
yeah, proven itself to be a novelty item that you can't drive to the grocery store in.
WunderDoob 1 year ago
@WunderDoob If my wife had a grocery list a mile long...I would take it and drive this damn car to the store.
brainards1 1 year ago
@brainards1
yes and when you came out of the store the car would either
A. not be there.
B. Utterly destroyed by shopping carts, keys, female drivers, etc.
WunderDoob 1 year ago
@WunderDoob That is why I always park under surveillance cameras and on a hill!
brainards1 1 year ago
True classics never get old...
I'll take this AC over the Ford wannabe Cobra concept
LRTICO 2 years ago 2
@LRTICO it seems to me you know a little about ac cobras history..
none the less we all have our opinion and for me the 65 mark 3 shelby/ford powered cobra is the best becuase it is just that old school..
tinaalwayswins 2 years ago
@tinaalwayswins
I think you are not very updated, I was talking about the Ford Cobra Concept, this Cobra Concept was released back in 2005
You should google it and check this "New" vehicle
I know a cople of this about cars and their histories...
LRTICO 2 years ago
I'll take one please!!
brew62 2 years ago
It may have an AC badge, but that doesn't mean nowt.
philriley427 2 years ago
The video says it's not a kit, so why the Dax body, A Dax dashboard, External boot hinges, Bolt on wheels, fake spinners, Dax style padding around the cockpit? What's under the skin, a Dax supertube maybe? It's OK as far as replicas go, but there's nothing like the original 60's car. If I was to choose between this and a Kirkham, for example, the Kirkham would win every time. Plus its cheaper. So is a Dax, a Ram and a GD. All can be set up to out-perform & cost much less. Is it REALLY an AC???
philriley427 2 years ago 2
it made by AC cars not DAX
powersliding 2 years ago
I want that car.
patfromozZ 2 years ago
autocar forgot to upload this video, thanks for doing so because videos at their website can hang
powersliding 2 years ago
Sweet car for sure.
ppappixx 2 years ago
Every V8 should sound like this.....
Beautifully insane!
ilpera3 2 years ago 2
Amen
IonicRipper 2 years ago
Amen
IonicRipper 2 years ago
You need some "BALLS" to drive that !
geforce5700fx 2 years ago
"sigh, I got to get myself one of these one day, one day, one.. day.."
A very nice car indeed, considering I've never been much of a fan of open-tops, I can't wait till they get around to launching the Gullwinged-Coupe version.
wickiezulu 2 years ago 2
i love it.
paganizondacinque670 2 years ago 2
Great!
markodjorem 2 years ago 12