The Cobra was born out of Carroll Shelby’s desire to see what would happen when you stuffed a powerful American engine (Ford’s 260-cubic-inch V-8) into a small British sports car (the AC Ace).

The AC Shelby Cobra lived. There was no boom of thunder or flash of lightning when the prototype Cobra first sparked into life. Shelby's team now had a complete car, but the work was only beginning.

Carroll Shelby will no doubt be rotating in his grave at 7000rpm at the very notion of a new all-electric AC Cobra. But that ... been invested in making this car so special.

Carroll Shelby ... Mr. Cobra. Park caught the Cobra bug very early, but being a young man, he couldn't actually afford one. Instead, he built his own by fitting a Ford engine into an AC body ...

The 1966 Shelby Cobra Super Snake ... which is the first ever Cobra vehicle ever made. Constructed in 1962, the little sports ...