The 1960s classic car has been reborn

Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe review: The 1960s classic car has been reborn, and is more thrilling than any comparable Porsche.

Ah, the weekend toy. The car you own as much for the kudos as the fun of driving it. The weekday family SUV demands a certain conformity if it’s not to embarrass the family it’s bought to transport. But such restrictions don’t apply to that special something you keep in the garage.

And what could be cooler than a Shelby AC Cobra? The famously brutish Anglo-American sports car of the 1960s, it was the hypercar of its day, all Corvette-beating V8 engines and extreme top speeds. Period BTCC racing driver Jack Sears is among the most notorious AC Cobra pilots; back in the days of no speed limits on the M1, he took one up to 185mph. Legend status was assured.

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