AC Cobra to return along with some siblings?
06-09-2005, 08:45 AM
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AC Cobra to return along with some siblings? Autoweek reporting.
Pond Hopping: Ambitious AC plan calls for U.S. factory, three new models
JULIAN RENDELL
Posted Date: 6/9/05
AC Cars is planning a major expansion in the United States, with three new models and a new factory in Connecticut.
The company, known for its 1960s Cobra created with Ford and Carroll Shelby, relocated to the Mediterranean island of Malta due to financial problems and recently resumed production of the classic open-top two-seater for export to the United States. AC shipped its first composite-bodied rolling chassis to the Boulder Car Co. in Denver in May, for installation of a 4.6-liter 300-hp Ford V8. The finished product will sell for about $75,000.
AC will ship up to 200 rolling chassis to eight dealers in the States in the next two years, while it gears up for U.S. production and a wider model range beginning in mid-2006, says AC chairman Alan Lubinsky.
....Rest of Article Here: http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102537
JULIAN RENDELL
Posted Date: 6/9/05
AC Cars is planning a major expansion in the United States, with three new models and a new factory in Connecticut.
The company, known for its 1960s Cobra created with Ford and Carroll Shelby, relocated to the Mediterranean island of Malta due to financial problems and recently resumed production of the classic open-top two-seater for export to the United States. AC shipped its first composite-bodied rolling chassis to the Boulder Car Co. in Denver in May, for installation of a 4.6-liter 300-hp Ford V8. The finished product will sell for about $75,000.
AC will ship up to 200 rolling chassis to eight dealers in the States in the next two years, while it gears up for U.S. production and a wider model range beginning in mid-2006, says AC chairman Alan Lubinsky.
....Rest of Article Here: http://www.autoweek.com/news.cms?newsId=102537
06-10-2005, 11:16 AM
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i think they had that car on car and driver a while back. one of the editors said he would buy it if he could afford it. he seemed to be giving it very high praise. (for what thats worth from a C&D editor lol)
06-10-2005, 12:20 PM
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I personally do not like the styling of the Cobra concept. On a side note I'm in Love with the Factory Five "GT". It's a convertible Version of the AC Cobra Daytona.
