AC Cars bills itself as Britain’s oldest active carmaker, and considering that the company is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year, it’s hard to argue with that. For just over half of that one-and-a-quarter century, AC has been building Cobras and Cobra replicas. But it’s only just now putting a fixed roof on the iconic sports car.
The AC Cobra GT Coupe is the company’s birthday present to itself. Announced in 2024, it’s based on the Cobra GT Roadster that represents AC’s latest update of the classic Cobra formula. And it’s the first true AC-produced Cobra coupe, although the company has built cars with removable hardtops and one experimental restyling job. Dubbed “A98” after its chassis number, that car was built in 1964 and raced at Le Mans tha …
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Author: Stephen Edelstein
