New Cobra? Yikes! It's Hideous

casaleenie · #1 (**permalink**) 01-11-2004, 10:29 AM

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Originally posted by Mulv

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I know, I know, what do I really think??? The proportions of the original are so right and so pleasing to the eye, it is not something that lends itself to updating to the current rules of traffic engagement very well. It is more like a box....

See for yourself, what do I know, people buy French Provincial furniture and Velvet paintings too....

http://www.autonet.ca/Autoshows/Stor...?storyID=10704

Always known for responses in column 3...

Mulv

Things change.... That car (new Cobra) was designed to appeal to people a lot younger than myself... It wasn't designed to appeal to the "old farts" that own the replica Cobras of today. What we revere and honor may be of no consequence to the sports car buyers of today.... Detroit and Japan and Germany are cranking out cars with massive HP on a regular basis... They've got Mercedes sedans that will beat most of the Cobras on the road today.
Chrysler has a car at the Detroit show that is capable of 0 to 60 in 3.2 seconds... and they look GOOD!!!!

The kids are putting massive amounts of money into the "rice burners" and getting spectacular results... The Honda Civics are their 57 Chevrolets...The price of a global economy.

I think the new design Cobra is right on track to appeal to the buyers of today... Audi, Lexus, Mercedes, Dodge, Infiniti, Nissan seem to be doing pretty well with that design concept and will sell a lot more cars in one year than Shelby and the replica people did in forty.
The Original Cobra is a classic and will always be a car to attract attention but it is a fifty year old design. Not something that would increase an auto makers bottom line...

What is you opinion on the Shelby Concept 1 car and the new Ford design Cobra???

Got to run, they're having a sale on velvet COVERED French provincial furniture at the flea market... Don't want to miss out on this deal again... You see a lot of velvet pictures and French style furniture but, a combo of the two,now that doesn't happen everyday!