{"id":75156,"date":"2024-08-02T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-02T13:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75156"},"modified":"2024-08-02T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-02T13:03:50","slug":"1144003_ac-cobra-gt-coupe-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=75156","title":{"rendered":"AC&#8217;s modern Cobra GT Roadster spawns coupe"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The AC Cars Cobra GT Roadster gains a coupe sibling<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Only 99 Cobra GT Coupes will be made with deliveries starting late in 2025<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The AC Cars Cobra GT Coupe costs about\u00a0$351,000<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AC Cars on Thursday added a coupe counterpart to its stunning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139648_modern-ac-cobra-gt-roadster-debuts-with-over-650-hp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cobra GT Roadster<\/a> launched a year ago, providing fans of the lightweight sports car with an all-weather option.<\/p>\n<p>The fixed-roof model is <strong>called the Cobra GT Coupe<\/strong>, and orders can be placed for deliveries starting in late 2025. The first examples to be delivered will be an extreme Clubsport Edition honed for the racetrack and <strong>limited to just 99 units<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>AC is a British automaker that can trace its roots all the way back to 1901, though it&#8217;s arguably most famous for its Ace sports car that was launched in 1953 and later served as the basis for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1121009_shelby-ac-cobra-100-cars-that-matter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Shelby Cobra<\/a>. The Shelby also spawned its own coupe variant in the form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1100788_first-shelby-daytona-coupe-chassis-csx2287-rolls-into-sema-video\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Daytona Coupe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AC built its own versions of the Cobra with V-8 power back in the day, and had a coupe version known as the A98 that raced at the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans. While the A98 was strictly a race car, the modern Cobra GT Coupe has been built for the road.<\/p>\n<p>It shares its bespoke aluminum spaceframe chassis with the Cobra GT Roadster, and also comes with a lightweight carbon-fiber body. The chassis was designed from scratch and features a wheelbase that&#8217;s about 11 inches longer than on the original Cobra, so drivers over six feet can sit comfortably. The wheelbase measures 101 inches and the car&#8217;s total length is approximately 166.3 inches. The targeted curb weight is under 3,300 pounds, with the weight to be split near 50:50 front-to-rear.<\/p>\n<p>Power comes from a Ford 5.0-liter V-8 that delivers <strong>450 hp as standard or 720 hp<\/strong> with an available supercharger. The Clubsport Edition will pack as much as 799 hp, however.<\/p>\n<p>Buyers can choose between a <strong>6-speed manual or 10-speed automatic transmission<\/strong> with paddle shifters, and they also have the option of adding a Torsen limited-slip differential. Drive goes to the rear wheels only. The coupe will benefit from the same levels of performance as the roadster, AC said.<\/p>\n<p>Production will take place at the same facility on the U.K.&#8217;s south coast where the roadster is built. Pricing for the coupe starts at <strong>325,000 British pounds (approximately $351,000)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AC Cars Cobra GT Roadster gains a coupe sibling Only 99 Cobra GT Coupes will be made with deliveries starting late in 2025 The AC Cars Cobra GT Coupe costs about\u00a0$351,000 AC Cars on Thursday added a coupe counterpart to its stunning Cobra GT Roadster launched a year ago, providing fans of the lightweight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8313,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}