The year was 1963 and American cars were by and large massive metal V-8-powered machines. Even America's only sports car up until that time, the Corvette, was big and heavy. Produced with a thick ...

It’s not often a 50-year-old sports car can smoke everything from Corvettes and Ferraris, to Audis and Aston Martins. Then again, it’s not often a car like the Shelby Cobra comes along and rewrites ...

The company builds authentic continuation Cobras, including the 427 S/C, 289 FIA, 289 street car and Daytona Coupe component vehicles; it offers the Shelby GT, 1000, GT500 Super Snake, Shelby ...

Continuing with a recent run of in-car race footage, this video gem is sure to be a treat for vintage Cobra and racing fans. Bill Shepherd captured in-car action of his qualifying run for the AvD Old ...

One of the greatest sports cars to ever bear the Shelby name is about to go up for grabs. Mecum Auctions will take bids for the 1965 289 Cobra Dragonsnake next week during its annual Kissimmee sale.

On May 2nd, RM Sotheby’s will auction one of the most revered machines to be built on American soil. The 1962 Shelby 289 Competition Cobra is the focal point of this story, and the official estimates ...

Chassis number CSX2532 left the AC Cars factory in the UK in 1964, before it was shipped stateside to be finished off by Shelby in California. As the supply of five-bolt block V-8s had actually run ...

Of those 42 "Cars Built to Racing Specifications," only 29 enjoyed the distinction of being factory team cars, part of Shelby's continuous efforts from the very first Cobra to discover the weaknesses ...

A rare Shelby Cobra, one of just six like it, sold over the weekend at Mecum's auction in Kissimmee, Florida, for $1.375 million, including the buyer's commission. The car is a 1965 Shelby Cobra ...

The power: 271 horsepower and 312 pound-feet of torque from a 289-cubic-inch V-8 (about 4.7 liters). Power is routed to the rear wheels via four-speed manual transmission. The speed: Motor Trend ...