645-HP AC Cobra GT Roadster Reinvents The Original Snake | Carscoops carscoops
taking a peek at Morgan’s homework. The British company that teamed up with Carroll Shelby to create the original Cobra is radically updating its most famous sports car with state of art materials and modern technology, but wisely choosing not to mess with the iconic snake’s silhouette, or not so you’d notice.
The £285,000 AC Cobra GT Roadster won’t be fully revealed until April, but the firm has dropped a couple of pictures of its new car to accompany technical details that highlight how radically different it is under a skin that features flush door handles, LED lights and a windshield surround that no longer looks about as sturdy as an wire coat hanger.
Perhaps the most striking of the tech details is the 2,570 mm wheelbase, which is a massive 284 mm longer thanMk IV, while overall length has only increased by 110 mm . AC says the additional inches between the axles improves interior space and a wider track improves the handling, and presumably helps balance out the extra length to preserve the classic Cobra look.
The body is carbon fiber and fitted to an extruded aluminum spaceframe chassis that AC claims is both light and stiff, and the interior will feature analogue instruments augmented by Digital Glass displays and hand-finished trim details the company says have never been seen before. The standard equipment list is also closer to what you’d expect from a modern car than one born in the 1960s.
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