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I just watched the show and thought it was a big fat waste of time. The show told me nothing about the car aside from the origin of the engine and the fact that a computer designed it to meet certain performance perameters. If it was built to run at speed right from its completion, why didn't we see it on the track going 150? It's just a styling exercise built by committee to show around the country and get consumer reactions. This does not relate to the way the original Cobra was concieved at all. Build it, put it on the track, win some races, and I'll take a look. The Series I at least had some of Shelby's input in it's design and manufacture, and that didn't turn out too well. Ford built this ugly piece of (insert your own noun) and hopes Shelby will like what he sees and hears (when they start the engine, over the phone! What a joke!) so they can call this mess a Cobra with some shred of credibility. You want the new, modern Cobra? I'll wager that half of the replicas owned by the members of this club will have better performance than this car from Ford, if and when it ever gets in to production, and they'll all have today's best technology underneath with the essence and look of the originals. Call this new car the Thunderstang and stop insulting the intelligence of people who understand what the Cobra is about.
Shelby said he doesn't care how he is remembered when he is gone. That's kind of sad but, on the other hand, kind of ballsy. I have to admire his spirit. It would be nice if he would just concentrate on one thing and see it through to the end. Instead he comes up with deals all over the place every few months. He's building Cobras in Las Vegas, South Africa with CAV, England (or was it Malta) with AC, and now Detroit. I can hardly wait to see what's next.
Bumpster
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