BOOK REVIEW: LAST SHELBY COBRA.

Posted on December 10, 2019December 10, 2019 by MartynL

More than just a book about the 600-horsepower V10 Shelby Cobra Concept, Chris Theodore’s coffee-table tome reveals the inside story of his multi-decade relationship with Carroll Shelby and the concept and production cars at Chrysler and Ford that they worked on. Dozens of books have been written about the chicken farmer from Texas who drove an Aston Martin to victory at Le Mans, created the Cobra and its spinoffs and won World Championships. This book - BOOK REVIEW: LAST SHELBY COBRA.- is dif...

LAST SHELBY COBRA: DRIVING MISS DAISY!

Posted on November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 by MartynL

Project Daisy was the thundering 600-horsepower V10-engined Shelby Cobra Concept intended to succeed the original Ford GT. It never happened. But with a new book about the car just hitting the bookshelves, CGC's Road Test Editor Howard Walker gets behind the wheel of this forgotten Cobra for an exclusive drive. You can feel the ghost of Ol’ Shel still swirling around the cockpit. Listen closely and you might just hear his belly laughs at hearing the tortured scream of fricasseeing rubber after...

LAMBORGHINI HURACÁN PERFORMANTE: FAST & FURIOUS!

Posted on March 1, 2018 by MartynL

Just one year from its debut at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, the Huracán Performante has already taken the production car lap-time records on eight international circuits. The record times were set during press trials carried out by prestigious magazines on their circuits of choice: 03/07/2017 Vairano (Quattroruote) –1’09”.43 03/08/2017 Balocco (Auto) –2’38”.07 29/08/2017 Contidrom (Auto Zeitung) –1’29”.6 25/09/2017 Mira (Autocar) –1’05”,03 28/09/2017 Wroughton (The Gr...