AC Cobra Lives on: New Model with Corvette V8, Porsche Brakes and Gullwing Top

Forget about replicas; this one is the real deal as AC Cars has announced that it will unleash the latest iteration of its venomous Cobra roadster called MkVI at the Top Marques car show in Monaco on April 16. While retaining the seductive and at the same time muscular lines of the original Cobra, the MkVI brings a number of surprises the first one being that due to the fact that AC Cars has entered a strategic alliance with German company Gullwing GmbH, the new Cobra will be produced at the latter's plant in Heyda, Germany.

The MkVI features a handmade aluminum-hybrid body placed atop a triangulated, jig welded round tube spaceframe chassis, with racecar derived suspension. Power is provided by a 6.2-liter V8 Corvette engine producing 437HP for the standard GT and a whopping 647HP with the help of a supercharger for the GTS version. AC has also dipped its hand into Porsche's spare parts bin 'borrowing' a set of 4-pot brake calipers with vented discs (332 mm front-298 mm rear) for the MkIV.

AC Cars supports that the GTS-spec MkIV which weighs in at just 1,025kg or 2,259 lbs, can sprint from zero to 100km/h (that's 62mph) in around 3.3 seconds.

Both the GT and GTS will come equipped as standard with a new light weight gullwing hardtop. We'll have more on the MkIV after the official unveiling of the sports car.

source: http://carscoop.blogspot.com