New AC Cobra Roadster makes global premiere in London
13 May 2023|869 views
AC Cars, originally founded in early in the 1900s, has been given a new lease of life with the unveiling of the new AC Cobra Roadster.
The car made its global premiere in London at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, just 40km away from where the company was first established.
The car is said to be a clean-sheet design, allowing various improvements to overall ergonomics, although it continues to stay faithful to the spirit of the AC Cobra of the 1960s.
Designed to be fully road legal, the new AC Cobra Roadster will be available internationally in left and right-hand drive. With a wheelbase of 2,570mm (a total of 284mm longer than the AC Cobra Mk. VI) the new roadster is said to be able to accommodate drivers up to 1.8m tall. Yet, its overall length has grown only by 110mm, up to 4,225mm.
The car's track has also been increased, for a wider stance and improved weight distribution and a lower centre of gravity.


And it will need all the handling and agility benefits it can get, as the AC Cobra Roadster now comes powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.0-litre V8 that delivers a total of 450bhp and 570Nm of torque in its standard configuration.
Customers may, however, also opt to have their car powered by a supercharged version of this engine, so it delivers a total of 654bhp and 780Nm of torque. This latter version of the engine will send the roadster from zero to 100km/h in just 3.4 seconds.
The AC Cobra Roadster additionally comes available with two gearboxes: A six-speed manual, or a 10-speed automatic complete with steering-wheel mounted shift paddles. All this hardware will sit within an extruded aluminium spaceframe chassis, which combined with the carbon-composite body, allows the AC Cobra to weight in at less than 1,450kg.
Just 250 examples of the GT Roadster are expected to be built for worldwide markets every year. AC Cars states that its first year of production has already been allocated.
AC Cars, originally founded in early in the 1900s, has been given a new lease of life with the unveiling of the new AC Cobra Roadster.
The car made its global premiere in London at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, just 40km away from where the company was first established.
The car is said to be a clean-sheet design, allowing various improvements to overall ergonomics, although it continues to stay faithful to the spirit of the AC Cobra of the 1960s.
Designed to be fully road legal, the new AC Cobra Roadster will be available internationally in left and right-hand drive. With a wheelbase of 2,570mm (a total of 284mm longer than the AC Cobra Mk. VI) the new roadster is said to be able to accommodate drivers up to 1.8m tall. Yet, its overall length has grown only by 110mm, up to 4,225mm.
The car's track has also been increased, for a wider stance and improved weight distribution and a lower centre of gravity.


And it will need all the handling and agility benefits it can get, as the AC Cobra Roadster now comes powered by a naturally-aspirated 5.0-litre V8 that delivers a total of 450bhp and 570Nm of torque in its standard configuration.
Customers may, however, also opt to have their car powered by a supercharged version of this engine, so it delivers a total of 654bhp and 780Nm of torque. This latter version of the engine will send the roadster from zero to 100km/h in just 3.4 seconds.
The AC Cobra Roadster additionally comes available with two gearboxes: A six-speed manual, or a 10-speed automatic complete with steering-wheel mounted shift paddles. All this hardware will sit within an extruded aluminium spaceframe chassis, which combined with the carbon-composite body, allows the AC Cobra to weight in at less than 1,450kg.
Just 250 examples of the GT Roadster are expected to be built for worldwide markets every year. AC Cars states that its first year of production has already been allocated.
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