Carroll Shelby and the crew at Shelby American are in all probability most well-known for the Cobra, the long-lasting sports activities automotive that was basically a British AC Ace with an American V-Eight shoehorned in.
Shelby did develop its personal sports activities automotive from scratch, although. The automotive is the Shelby Collection 1, a roadster (a convertible choice was additionally obtainable) that was constructed for the 1999 mannequin 12 months solely in a run of simply 249 items.
Shelby is now celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Collection 1 with a coupe physique model designed and constructed underneath license by Wingard Motorsports. The anniversary coupes are based mostly on the upgraded Collection 2 roadster that debuted on the 2018 Paris auto present with revised styling and extra highly effective V-Eight choices.
Simply 10 of the anniversary coupes are deliberate for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, and like the unique roadsters they are going to be bought with no powertrain. Pricing begins at $385,600 for a physique make from carbon fiber and $498,200 for one created from aluminum. Solely three will likely be constructed with the aluminum physique.
2024 Shelby Collection 2 Coupe
Wingard, which a number of years in the past purchased up all of the leftover Collection 1 chassis and elements that Shelby by no means used, has various powertrain choices prepared, most of them paired to a 6-speed handbook transmission. Pricing for the powertrains begin at $83,500, although set up is additional. Among the many powertrain choices is a supercharged model of Ford’s 7.3-liter V-Eight often known as the Godzilla, plus an undisclosed electrical powertrain.
Underpinning the automotive is an aluminum honeycomb monocoque chassis initially developed by Shelby. Wingard additional improved the chassis, together with suspension, brakes, and drivetrain, to deal with additional energy. Wingard founder Bob Wingard stated the coupe’s chassis has been developed to assist greater than 1,100 hp. Wingard additionally made the physique lighter, in order that the whole automotive now weighs lower than 3,200 kilos.
Every of the anniversary coupes will bear a Shelby CSX5500-series serial quantity and be included within the official Shelby registry.