Carroll Shelby and the crew at Shelby American are most likely most well-known for the Cobra, the enduring sports activities automobile that was primarily a British AC Ace with an American V-8 shoehorned in.

Shelby did develop its personal sports activities automobile from scratch, although. The automobile is the Shelby Collection 1, a roadster (a convertible choice was additionally obtainable) that was constructed for the 1999 mannequin yr solely in a run of simply 249 items.

Shelby is now celebrating the twenty fifth anniversary of the Collection 1 with a coupe physique fashion designed and constructed below license by Wingard Motorsports. The anniversary coupes are primarily based on the upgraded Collection 2 roadster that debuted on the 2018 Paris auto present with revised styling and extra highly effective V-8 choices.

Simply 10 of the anniversary coupes are deliberate for the 2024 mannequin yr, and like the unique roadsters they are going to be offered with out a powertrain. Pricing begins at $385,600 for a physique make from carbon fiber and $498,200 for one produced 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 plenty of 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-8 referred to as the Godzilla, plus an undisclosed electrical powertrain.

Underpinning the automobile 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 help greater than 1,100 hp. Wingard additionally made the physique lighter, in order that the whole automobile 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.